Sushila Karki said the government must heed protesters' demands for "an end to corruption, good governance and economic equality".

A former DJ and his obscure Nepalese non-profit used a social media app popular with video gamers to drive massive protests and become the unlikely power brokers in installing the country's new interim leadership.

Youth-led protests this week forced the prime minister's resignation, left dozens dead, and prompted a nationwide curfew that has since been lifted.

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.

Sushila Karki, a former Supreme Court chief justice who was appointed as interim leader, made speed a priority in a process that other jurists deemed unconstitutional.

Sushila Karki has not only taken on corruption but has built a reputation of challenging the political establishment.

Nepalese authorities have lifted the curfew in the country’s capital and surrounding areas as calm returned following the appointment of the Himalayan nation’s first woman prime minister in the wake of protests this week that left at least 51 people dead.

Nepal’s Prime Minister Sushila Karki said on Sunday that the arson and vandalism that occurred during the Gen Z protest last week were criminal acts against the country and announced that those killed during the uprising will be officially honoured as martyrs.