Protests in Nepal over a since-lifted ban on major social media platforms have left almost 20 people dead and now toppled the country's leader.

Nepal's prime minister resigned Tuesday following violent protests against a ban on social media platforms and government corruption.

The Nepali Army is being deployed Tuesday night in response to violence that has broken out amid protests in Nepal's capital city of Kathmandu.

The military imposed order after days of unrest led to the resignation of the country’s prime minister. Organizers want a former chief justice to lead Nepal’s interim government.

The Nepalese Army has further extended a nationwide curfew until Friday as it works to bring a sense of normality and mediate talks with protesters over the formation of a new government following Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's resignation.

As protesters in Nepal stormed parliament this week forcing the prime minister to quit, luxury hotels and residences were attacked by arsonists amid anger at the lavish lifestyle of the elites in one of the world's poorest countries.