Gen Z anger at corruption and instability propels Balen Shah and the RSP to a landslide victory in Nepal’s parliamentary election.

Who is Balendra Shah? The 35-year-old rap star set to be Nepal’s youngest PM - Balendra Shah emerged as a leading figure in the youth-driven protests that shook Nepal last year. The hip-hop star could ...

A Nepali political party led by an ex-rapper is set for a landslide victory in the country's first parliamentary election ...

Nepal's rapper-turned-mayor Balendra Shah won a dramatic parliamentary contest on Saturday, defeating veteran leader KP Sharma Oli in the former prime minister's own constituency after staking his pol ...

Balendra Shah, former Kathmandu mayor and rapper, is contesting Nepal’s 2026 elections as a prime ministerial candidate. Backed by youth support and RSP, he challenges established political forces ...

Former Kathmandu mayor Balendra “Balen” Shah, popular among young voters, has emerged as a key contender for Nepal’s next prime minister following the 2025 Gen-Z-led uprising.

Nepal Election Results 2026 highlights: Balen Shah’s Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) is leading in 110 seats in Nepal, while ...

Balen – as he is popularly known – was a nobody until 2013, when he almost overnight became a rap sensation. Nearly a decade ...

From folk horror and coming-of-age stories to questions of caste and spirituality, these films explore identity, belief and relationships through distinct cinematic voices.

He sang and co-wrote some of the definitive teenage anthems of the 1950s and early ’60s, including “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do,” and then reinvented his career in the ’70s.

Nepal heads into a crucial election with three main contenders, after youth protests shook the country's politics last year ...