Bangladesh, Sept. 9 -- Nepal has been thrown into a new era of political turmoil after Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli resigned on September 9, just hours after nationwide protests left at least 19 people dead and more than 400 injured. His resignation comes less than three months into his fourth term and underscores the fragility of Nepals political order, which has been under growing strain from youth-led demonstrations, economic stagnation, and entrenched corruption.

The scenes of unrest in Kathmandu and other major cities bore a striking resemblance to the upheaval in neighboring Bangladesh just a year earlier, where a youth- and Islamist-driven uprising forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to step down. In both countries, Generation Z h...