Kathmandu, Sept. 9 -- Sudipta Ahmed, a senior sports journalist associated with Desh Rupantor, a Bangladeshi daily, has visited Nepal multiple times. He says he has found Nepal completely different from Bangladesh every time. But on Monday, the protest by Gen Z in Kathmandu caused him a deja vu of what had happened in Dhaka in July and August last year.

At least 19 protesters were killed and hundreds of others were injured across several cities in Nepal as the government ordered security forces to open fire on youngsters who were demanding an end to corruption.

"What happened today in Kathmandu is similar to what happened in Dhaka last year," Ahmed told the Post. "Bangladeshi students, who mostly belonged to Gen Z, had started a protest...