From rapper-turned-mayor Balen Shah to veteran KP Oli, here are the contenders vying for power in Nepal's first post-Gen Z uprising election today. Who will capture the youth vote and redefine ...

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 ...

Nepal heads to elections after the 2025 protests that toppled the government. Former premier K.P. Sharma Oli, Gagan Thapa and ...

British rapper Ghetts was jailed for 12 years on Tuesday for killing a Nepali student in a ​hit-and-run while driving ...

Supporters of 35-year-old rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah screamed out lyrics to an AI-generated campaign song which ...

Nepal votes Thursday in the first elections since deadly youth-led anti-corruption protests toppled the government in ...

The rapper-turned-politician - better known as Balen - dominating Nepal's electoral race was surrounded by supporters in the country's east last week, ahead of a March 5 election that could be pivotal ...

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Nepali candidates launched campaigning on Monday for next month's parliamentary elections, the first since deadly anti-corruption protests toppled the previous government in 2025. Both Oli and Shah ...

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