From rap battles to national politics, Balen Shah embodies Nepal’s generational shift Balen Shah isn’t just a politician, he’s a phenomenon who's now rewriting Nepal’s political playbook IANS Dubai: ...

Before he dismantled Nepal’s political elite, Balendra Shah was destroying his opponents in underground rap battles. More than a decade ago, armed with a microphone and his signature sunglasses, he ...

The question now is whether the RSP will succumb to the internal factionalism and political inertia that have historically undermined the country’s governments. Balendra Shah addresses supporters ...

KATHMANDU, March 12 (Reuters) - Nepal will begin rationing cooking gas amid fears that the Middle East conflict could create a nationwide shortage, ‌an official said on Thursday. Chandika Prasad ...

Kathmandu (Nepal) (AFP) – Draped in garlands, Bhumika Shrestha on Monday became Nepal's first transgender woman lawmaker, marking a proud milestone for the marginalised community in the Himalayan ...

The Nagdhunga–Naubise–Mugling (NNM) road is one of Nepal’s most vital transport corridors, connecting the Kathmandu Valley to the Terai and onward to India. As part of Asian Highway AH42, it carries ...

A 35-year-old rapper turned mayor, Balendra Shah, popularly known as Balen, looks set to become Nepal’s youngest-ever prime minister. His party, Rastriya Swatantra, or RSP, secured a landslide victory ...

Nepal is set to have the weakest Opposition it has seen in recent history. The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) swept the March 5 elections, securing 182 seats in the 275-member Parliament, just two ...

A political party led by a rapper-turned-politician has won a sweeping parliamentary majority in Nepal, official results show, capping one of the most dramatic elections in the country’s recent ...

NEW DELHI: The 35-year-old mayor of Kathmandu is set to become Nepal’s youngest elected prime minister, just six months after his predecessor was ousted following Gen Z protests against nepotism, ...

Manang isn’t just for hardcore hikers anymore. Along Nepal’s storied Annapurna Circuit—where landscapes shift from evergreen alpine forests to an otherworldly high-altitude desert shaped by ancient ...