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An eight-hour curfew was imposed in the Simara Airport area of Bara district from 12:30 pm to 8:00 pm on November 19, 2025, following clashes between Gen Z youths and CPN-UML cadres.

The conflict arose when hundreds of Gen Z protesters gathered at the airport to oppose the arrival of CPN-UML General Secretary Shankar Pokharel and youth leader Mahesh Basnet for an anti-government rally.

Buddha Air cancelled all domestic flights from Kathmandu to Simara for the day, including the one carrying the UML leaders, who returned to Kathmandu after the disruption.

A curfew was imposed in parts of Nepal's Bara district on November 19, 2025, after clashes erupted between Gen Z youths and cadres of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist), or CPN-UML, near Sim

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