After an explosion of popular rage tore through the country, its respected army was the only institution left standing. It’s now in talks with the protesters.
The cause of the enormous blast, which created chaos in one of the capital’s most heavily populated areas, was thought to be an accident. No deaths have yet been reported.
The explosion of unrest in Nepal — with fires around the capital, Kathmandu, and the prime minister fleeing the country — was years in the making. Alex Travelli, a New York Times correspondent, describes what happened and why it happened now.