Dhaka, Nov. 21 -- Nepal's prime minister has appealed for calm after clashes erupted between young activists and loyalists of the former ruling party that was overthrown in a deadly uprising in September.
Police said on Thursday calm had returned to Simara, a town in Nepal's southern Bara district some 100 kilometres (62 miles) south of Kathmandu, a day after clashes between rival protesters.
At least 76 people were killed during demonstrations on September 8 and 9 that were triggered by anger over a brief government ban on social media and led by protesters under the loose "Gen Z" umbrella title.
Gen Z members and supporters of ousted former prime minister KP Sharma Oli's Communist Party of Nepal - Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) bot...