Nepal probes multi-million dollar damage after deadly protests

Kathmandu: Nepal is assessing the multi million dollar damage from last week s violent protests, when parliament, government offices and a newly opene...

Kathmandu: Nepal is assessing the multi-million dollar damage from last week's violent protests, when parliament, government offices and a newly opened Hilton Hotel were set ablaze.

At least 72 people were killed in two days of anti-corruption protests, with scores more badly injured, according to official figures.

"So much has been destroyed," police spokesman Binod Ghimire told AFP, adding that it would take time to calculate the full extent of the damage, including outside the capital.

Nepal's new interim Prime Minister Sushila Karki, speaking as she began work on Sunday, described the "widespread loss of lives and property".

At the Supreme Court, officials are working under tents outside the charred building, alongside rows of burned-out vehicles, trying to salvage water-soaked documents.