In Nepal’s first election since the Gen Z protest, Balen Shah —the rapper‑turned‑Mayor of Kathmandu— is aiming to be the ...
With 46% of Nepal’s population under the age of 24, the election will be a test of whether their hopes and frustrations are being taken seriously ...
Some 800,000 Nepalis have left the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal's most populated region, for their hometowns over the past week to ...
Balen – as he is popularly known – was a nobody until 2013, when he almost overnight became a rap sensation. Nearly a decade ...
The crowd swelled gradually, first in twos and threes, then in waves. Schoolchildren in uniform threaded through the throng.
Among the candidates vying to become Nepal's next prime minister in a crucial election Thursday, few have generated the buzz of a Millennial former rapper who has shaken up the Himalayan country's ...
Darwin’s weekend explodes with colour as the Nepalese Association launches its Multicultural Holi Festival while new venues and local bands create a packed entertainment schedule. Read the details.
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Nepal through Dr Govinda KC's lens

Kathmandu, Feb. 25 -- Many know Dr Govinda KC as Nepal's senior orthopaedic surgeon and a man of service. But beyond his long ...
Feb 25 (Reuters) - After Nepal's historic youth-led uprising last September killed 77 people and forced then-Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli to resign, a 35-year-old rapper-turned-politician posted a ...
The musician who cut his political teeth when he became the mayor of the capital Kathmandu in 2022. Read more at straitstimes ...
Hundreds of thousands leave Kathmandu Valley to vote in Nepal’s first election since anti-corruption protests toppled government.