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Unrest killed at least 14 people and injured dozens in Nepal's capital on Monday, state TV said, as police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters trying to storm parliament in anger at a social media shutdown and corruption, Reuters reported.

Some protesters forced their way into the parliament complex by breaking through a barricade, a local official said, setting fire to an ambulance, hurling objects at riot police and ferrying the injured to hospital on motorcycles.

"The police have been firing indiscriminately," one protester told the ANI news agency. "(They) fired bullets which missed me but hit a friend who was standing behind me. He was hit in the hand."

More than 50 people were injured, Nepal Television said, according to Reuters.

There was no official confirmation of the deaths and injuries and Reuters could not independently verify the figures.

Ekram Giri, a parliamentary spokesperson, said some protesters had entered the premises but not the main building, and had been driven out by police.

Organisers of the protests, which spread to other cities in the Himalayan country, have called them "demonstrations by Gen Z". They say the protests reflect young people's widespread frustration with the government and anger over its policies, Reuters reported.

The identities of three persons out of six who died in the National Trauma Center have been ascertained, the hospital administration said.

The deceased have been identified as Global College student Shree Yam Chaulagain, Shulabh Shrestha of Banke and Buddhi Tamang of Kirtipur.

The identities of three others are yet to be established.

Meanwhile, 50 people injured in the protest of Gen Z against corruption and ban on social media are undergoing treatment at the Trauma Center.

A person died in police firing during the protest of Gen Z in Itahari on Monday.

The identity of the deceased is yet to be established.

Earlier, the District Administration Office had clamped a curfew after the protest took a violent turn.

Chief District Officer Dharmendra Kumar Mishra said that they were compelled to issue a curfew order after the protesters entered the office of the Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City and resorted to arson and vandalism.

The death toll in the Gen Z protest in New Baneshwor has reached 14.

The Ministry of Health and Population has confirmed the number of deaths.

The Ministry has informed six died at the National Trauma Center, two at the Civil Hospital, three at Everest Hospital, two at KMC, and one at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital.

According to the Ministry, around 200 injured people are being treated in various hospitals.

Similarly, the Ministry said that 20 are in critical condition.