Nigeria, Sept. 9 -- The Prime Minister of Nepal, KP Sharma Oli, has been forced to step down as demonstrators defied the curfew imposed on Monday and took to the streets for a second day of protest.

The prime minister's resignation, alongside several other lawmakers, comes a day after the police opened fire on crowds of young demonstrators outside the parliament building in Kathmandu, the country's capital.

"In view of the adverse situation in the country, I have resigned effective today to facilitate the solution to the problem and to help resolve it politically in accordance with the constitution," Mr Oli said in his resignation letter, according to Reuters.

PREMIUM TIMES reported on Monday that the attack by security forces on prote...