Gen Z

Gen Z

Nepal's interim Prime Minister Sushila Karki addresses as President Ram Chandra Paudel applauds while attending the Constitution Day at the Army Pavilion in Tundikhel, Kathmandu, Nepal, September 19, 2025. Photo: Reuters

Nepal interim PM vows to fix 'failure' that led to deadly Gen Z protests

Sushila Karki said the protests - that left at least 72 people dead and forced her predecessor KP Sharma Oli to quit - had been triggered by frustration over growing corruption and other failings.

Nepal's President Ramchandra Paudel, along with Vice President Ram Sahaya Prasad Yadav and interim Prime Minister Sushila Karki, poses for a picture with newly appointed Finance Minister Rameshore Khanal, Energy Minister Kulman Ghising, and Home Minister Om Prakash Aryal after administering the oath of office, at "Shital Niwas", the presidential building that was ransacked and burned by the protesters, in Kathmandu on 15 September 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

Nepal's new interim ministers sworn in after protests

Smoke rises from the burnt Hilton Kathmandu hotel, following protests against Monday's killing of 19 people after anti-corruption protests triggered by a social media ban which was later lifted, in Kathmandu, Nepal, 10 September 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

From parliament to luxury hotels, Nepal's protest movement targeted the elite

Nepal's former chief justice Sushila Karki speaks with the media in Kathmandu, Nepal, on 30 January 2019. File Photo: Reuters

Nepal's former chief justice Karki likely to be appointed interim PM

File photo of Nepal's former chief justice Sushila Karki. Photo: Collected

Nepal ex-chief justice tipped to lead political transition

File photo of Nepal Army Chief General Ashok Raj Sigdel. Photo courtesy: PTI

Who is Ashok Raj Sigdel, Nepal Army chief stepping in to calm violent Gen Z protests?

Illustration: Bloomberg

Office etiquette, the Gen-Z way

Contrary to long-held assumptions, Gen Z isn’t politically clueless — they understand both local and global politics well. Photo: TBS / Sadiqe Al Ashfaqe

A misreading of Gen Z’s ‘political disconnect’ set the stage for Hasina’s ouster

A woman casts her early vote for the upcoming presidential election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, on 29 May 2025. Reuters/Kim Hong-Ji

How a Gen Z gender divide is reshaping democracy

A woman casts her early vote for the upcoming presidential election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, May 29, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

How a Gen Z gender divide is reshaping democracy

The only way to truly flout capitalism is to first achieve financial freedom by engaging with, yes, capitalism. Photo: Bloomberg

Can Gen Z truly opt out of capitalism?

Bangladeshi political science student Nusrat Tabassum (L) speaks with batchmates at the Dhaka University in the capital on August 11, 2024. Photo: Indranil MUKHERJEE / AFP

How Gen Z women and the military transformed Bangladesh

Travelers wait to check in at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, US, April 6, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

Gen Z consumers rely on parents amid inflation squeeze