Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli resigned Tuesday afternoon after two days of violent anti-corruption agitations - led by 'Gen Z protesters' - killed 25 people and injured dozens more.

Mr Oli's resignation was a core demand of the protesters. In Nepal, however, the Prime Minister standing down, however, does not automatically mean the government has fallen.

The PM is the head of the executive in the Himalyan nation and it is the President, who is Ram Chandra Poudel, who is the head of the governemnt. Sources, though, told NDTV, it is only a matter of time before Mr Poudel also steps down and the government is fully overthrown.

A protest that began 24 hours ago a with a ban on social media websites like X and YouTube - a crackdown resented by Nepali Gen Z - spiralled into a massive anti-corruption movement.

Mr Oli's government rolled back the ban but that was not enough to placate protesters.

Hundreds took to the streets shouting slogans about corruption in the administration, including allegations of nepotism, i.e., unfair advantages for the children of those in powerful positions.

The PM's resignation was announced hours after the Nepal Parliament was set on fire.

Visuals from Kathmandu showed hundreds of protesters - who have labelled their agitation a 'Gen Z protest' - showed a war-like situation in the capital city, with small armies of young men and women occupying public spaces and engaged in pitched battles with the cops.

Plumes of acrid black smoke covered the cityscape. City streets were dotted with burning cars and trucks. And protesters swarmed over the walls and gates of the private residences of Prime Minister Oli and President Ram Chandra Poudel, setting fire to rooms and vandalising paintings.

The ferocity of the protests - which continue unabated despite the Nepalese government lifting a social media ban that was the proximate cause - was underlined by the city's Tribhuvan International Airport being effectively shut down, to both domestic and international services.

With the police struggling to contain, or even respond to the violence, the Army was deployed; local media outlet The Kathmandu Post said members of the government - those who have not yet resigned or distanced themselves from the corruption-accused - are being evacuated.

Security has been ramped up at the official residences of the Prime Minister and President.

A protest that began 24 hours ago afrer a ban on social media platforms, including Facebook, X, and YouTube, has since spiralled into a condemnation of corruption in the Nepali government. "Stop the ban on social media. Stop corruption, not social media," protesters shouted.

They carried placards with slogans like 'shut down corruption and not social media', 'unban social media', and 'youths against corruption' as they marched through Kathmandu, while videos with hashtags like #NepoKid, #NepoBabies, and #PoliticiansNepoBabyNepal flooded social media.