Nepalese citizens cast their votes today in pivotal elections following a Gen Z-led protest that ousted the previous government. With 1.9 crore voters and new political forces emerging, the election ...

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 ...

Last year, discontent over corruption sparked a violent agitation that collapsed the government and threw Nepal into ...

In 2022, Balen Shah delivered one of the biggest political upsets in Nepal's recent history. Running as an independent candidate, the structural engineer-turned-rapper defeated nominees from the ...

Balendra Shah, aka Balen, is a 35-year-old rapper and mayor of Kathmandu now hoping to take his brand of populism to the highest office in Nepal.

Nepal, a country that has swung between monarchy and democracy before settling, for now, as a federal republic, is once again ...

A year after a youth-led uprising forced out the KP Sharma Oli government, Nepal is set to hold parliamentary elections on ...

British rapper Ghetts has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for killing a 20-year-old Nepali student in a hit-and-run in ...

Fed up with corruption and a lack of jobs, the country’s youth are turning to a rapper who gave voice to their frustrations.

In Nepal’s first election since the Gen Z protest, Balen Shah —the rapper‑turned‑Mayor of Kathmandu— is aiming to be the ...

Some 800,000 Nepalis have left the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal's most populated region, for their hometowns over the past week to ...

Nepal is holding its first election since a youth-led uprising against corruption toppled the government last year. Here is what to know.