Nepal's army is set to resume talks with "Gen Z" protesters to pick an interim leader for the Himalayan nation after angry demonstrations that killed 30 and forced the prime minister to resign.

Soldiers were patrolling the quiet streets of Kathmandu on Thursday following the capital's worst protests in decades, triggered by a social media ban that authorities rolled back after 19 deaths as police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to control crowds.

Former chief justice Sushila Karki, who was Nepal's first woman appointed to the job in 2016, is the frontrunner to be interim leader, with her name suggested by many of those leading the protest.

Karki, 73, has given her consent, but efforts are being made to find a constitutional route to appoint her, a source familiar with the matter told

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