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The District Administration Office, Sunsari has clamped curfew in Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City until another notice.

In accordance with the Clause 6(A) of the Local Administration Act, 2028, the curfew was imposed, informed Chief District Officer of Sunsari, Dharmendra Kumar Mishra.

The District Administration Office has clarified that the curfew was clamped in the areas from the Itahari-based Nepal Army barrack to Paruhang Chowk in the north, from Milan Chowk to Jute Development in the east, the office of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority, up to the bus park area through the Transport Management Office, Saathi Petrol Pump and Pushpalal Chowk in the south, and from Kalanki Mode to Janatabasti in the west.

Any kind of gatherings, rallies, meetings, demonstrations, and protests are prohibited in the areas. Earlier, a clash was engulfed between the Gen Z generation, who staged protests with slogans against corruption in the Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City, and the police.

The district administration office has stated that the curfew was enforced in some sensitive areas after the Gen Z protests that started at 11 am with slogans against corruption turning violent.

At least 19 people have been killed and dozens injured in Nepal after demonstrations against a government social media ban led to clashes between protesters and security forces, BBC reported.

Thousands heeded a call by demonstrators describing themselves as Generation Z to gather near the parliament building in Kathmandu over the decision to ban platforms including Facebook, X and YouTube.

Nepal's Minister for Communication Prithvi Subba told the BBC police had to use force - which included water cannons, batons and firing rubber bullets.

The government has said social media platforms need to be regulated to tackle fake news, hate speech and online fraud, according to BBC.

The Kathmandu Metropolitan City has deployed 15 ambulances to take those who were injured during the Gen Z protest in New Baneshwor to the hospital.

According to KMC Police Chief Rajunath Pandey, ambulances have been deployed to quickly take those injured during the protest to the hospital and the city police have also been mobilized to immediately rescue the injured.

The KMC has stated that it has arranged ambulances with the aim of providing additional support in the treatment of protesters and security personnel injured during the protest in the Capital.

After receiving reports of problems in treatment due to lack of beds due to the increasing number of injured in hospitals, KMC Mayor Balendra Shah directed to help transport patients to the available hospital as per the need, said Pandey.

Most of the injured are undergoing treatment at Civil Hospital in Naya Baneshwor and the Trauma Center and Bir Hospital in Mahanakal and Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Maharajgunj, among others.

Two persons died in police firing during the protest of Gen Z in Itahari on Monday.

The identities of the deceased are yet to be established.

Their bodies have been kept at the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences in Dharan.

Earlier, the District Administration Office had clamped a curfew after the protest took a violent turn.

Chief District Officer Dharmendra Kumar Mishra said that they were compelled to issue a curfew order after the protesters entered the office of the Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City and resorted to arson and vandalism.

Unrest killed at least 14 people and injured dozens in Nepal's capital on Monday, state TV said, as police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters trying to storm parliament in anger at a social media shutdown and corruption, Reuters reported.

Some protesters forced their way into the parliament complex by breaking through a barricade, a local official said, setting fire to an ambulance, hurling objects at riot police and ferrying the injured to hospital on motorcycles.

"The police have been firing indiscriminately," one protester told the ANI news agency. "(They) fired bullets which missed me but hit a friend who was standing behind me. He was hit in the hand."

More than 50 people were injured, Nepal Television said, according to Reuters.

There was no official confirmation of the deaths and injuries and Reuters could not independently verify the figures.

Ekram Giri, a parliamentary spokesperson, said some protesters had entered the premises but not the main building, and had been driven out by police.

Organisers of the protests, which spread to other cities in the Himalayan country, have called them "demonstrations by Gen Z". They say the protests reflect young people's widespread frustration with the government and anger over its policies, Reuters reported.

The identities of three persons out of six who died in the National Trauma Center have been ascertained, the hospital administration said.

The deceased have been identified as Global College student Shree Yam Chaulagain, Shulabh Shrestha of Banke and Buddhi Tamang of Kirtipur.

The identities of three others are yet to be established.

Meanwhile, 50 people injured in the protest of Gen Z against corruption and ban on social media are undergoing treatment at the Trauma Center.

A person died in police firing during the protest of Gen Z in Itahari on Monday.

The identity of the deceased is yet to be established.

Earlier, the District Administration Office had clamped a curfew after the protest took a violent turn.

Chief District Officer Dharmendra Kumar Mishra said that they were compelled to issue a curfew order after the protesters entered the office of the Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City and resorted to arson and vandalism.

Health Minister Pradip Paudel has directed all federal hospitals under its subordination to ensure free treatment to those injured in the course of today's demonstration in Kathmandu.

The circular to this regard asks for prompt treatment of the injured in the protests waged by the 'Gen Z' group.

The Ministry directs bodies concerned for making the ambulance services further effective and its timely reach in the needy areas.

Ambulance service network in the Kathmandu Valley has been called to facilitate the transport of referral cases from the hospitals.

Likewise, the entire health professionals including doctors have been urged to get united in the handling of the injured cases ensuring access to treatment.