The death toll from last week's anti-corruption protests in Nepal has risen to 72, the country's health ministry said on Sunday, as search teams continued to recover bodies from shopping malls and other buildings damaged in the unrest.

The deadly protests in Nepal that forced the country's prime minister to resign on Tuesday were a result of long-simmering discontent ignited by the government’s ban on major social media platforms.

Generation Z protesters in Nepal torch parliament and clash with security forces after a social media ban, prompting military warnings of intervention.

Nepal’s government has faced violent protests over a ban on popular social media platforms, leading to police use of deadly force and the resignation of the prime minister

Nepal is in turmoil. Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli stepped down this week after protests against corruption and a controversial social media ban spiraled into the country’s worst unrest in decades. At least 22 people were reportedly killed as police used tear gas, water cannons, and live rounds on demonstrators in Kathmandu and other cities.

As protesters in Nepal stormed parliament this week forcing the prime minister to quit, luxury hotels and residences were attacked by arsonists amid anger at the lavish lifestyle of the elites in one of the world's poorest countries.

Protests in Nepal over a since-lifted ban on major social media platforms have left almost 20 people dead and now toppled the country's leader.

A faction of protesters have put forward Kulman Ghising to lead Nepal’s interim government, rejecting Sushila Karki on grounds of age and eligibility.