Simara tense after Gen Z youths and UML cadres clash

Daylong curfew imposed. Simara Airport flights suspended briefly after gate vandalised.

Authorities in Bara, a district in Madhesh Province, clamped a curfew in Simara and its vicinity on Wednesday after clashes broke out between Gen Z protesters and the CPN-UML activists. The UML senior party leaders were scheduled to arrive in the area for a youth mobilisation event of the party.