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Tension ran high in Tinkune after the royalists tried to cross the prohibited area.

Security personnel fired tear gas canisters to disperse the protesters and to take the situation under control.

Police have barred the entry of pro-monarchy supporters from Tinkune Bridge to Baneshwor.

The Rastriya Prajatantra Party, which has been advocating for the reinstatement of monarchy, has staged a demonstration today. Durga Prasain is leading the protest.

Nepal Police have tightened the security in view of two different mass rallies scheduled today in Kathmandu Valley.

Spokesperson at the Nepal Police Headquarters, Deputy Inspector General Dinesh Kumar Acharya said that security has been tightened and made effective at the different places where rallies would be taken out and protest assembly is scheduled.

A large number of security personnel have been deputed at main thoroughfares of the Kathmandu Valley and other security personnel are kept on ready position to curb any untoward incident.

The Socialist Front Nepal has been organizing an assembly at Exhibition Road in support of the republic while the group in favor of monarchy is holding another rally and mass assembly at Tinkune today. 

People in favor of republic and monarchy have started gathering at their determined places, taking out rally from different places of the Valley.

Vehicles have been barred from plying the roads at Tinkune and Baneshwor.

The road from Ratnapark to Bhadrakali, Exhibition Road, Bhrikutimandap has been completely shut, disrupting the traffic.

Traffic went haywire in various places of Kathmandu after the Socialist Front built a stage on the main road in Bhrikutimandap.

Security has been tightened in Kathmandu ahead of the separate demonstrations to be launched by the political parties in the Socialist Front and pro-monarchists today.

A total of 3, 500 police personnel will be deployed under the command of SSP to avert any untoward incident.

Kathmandu Valley Police Office spokesperson Shekhar Khanal said that the Office is going to mobilize the police personnel in addition to those deployed on regular duty.

The Kathmandu Valley Police Office is also going to mobilize a large number of police in civics at Exhibition Road and Tinkune.

District Police Range, Kathmandu Chief SSP Bishwo Adhikari said that the DSP of Metropolitan Police Circle, Gaushala and Baneshwor will take the security command in Tinkune and the DSP of Janasewa, Durbarmarg and Metropolitan Police Circle, Singhadurbar will be deployed in Exhibition Road.

The royalists are scheduled to hold the program in Tinkune and Republicans at Bhrikutimandap.

CPN (Maoist Center), CPN (Unified Socialist), Nepal Socialist Party and the Netra Bikram Chand-led CPN affiliated with the Socialist Front are scheduled to stage demonstrations at Bhrikutimandap.

Meanwhile, earlier on Thursday, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) had urged the protesting groups to hold the demonstrations peacefully.

Likewise, the NHRC had also urged the government and the security agencies to remain sensitive to human rights while making arrangements for law and order, considering the possible consequences of the situation.

Chinese President Xi Jinping met Bangladesh’s interim government chief, Muhammad Yunus, in Beijing on Friday, AFP reported.

The visit comes as Bangladesh seeks new allies in the wake of strained relations with India.

Yunus is on a four-day visit to China to strengthen ties and attract investment. He previously went to the Boao Forum for Asia in Hainan, according to AFP.

This is his first bilateral visit after taking office in August 2024, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh-China diplomatic relations.

 Yunus is joined by Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain, Energy Adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan, High Representative Khalilur Rahman, SDG Coordinator Lamiya Morshed, and Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam.