Rastriya Swatantra Party election candidate Balendra Shah arrives at a polling station to vote during Nepal's parliamentary election in Kathmandu on March 5, 2026. Reporter In the wake of the Gen Z ...

Shah's party represents a reformist wave reshaping the Himalayan nation's politics since last year’s youth-led uprising.

Balendra Shah emerged as a leading figure in the youth-driven protests that shook Nepal last year. The hip-hop star could ...

Votes counted so far show Balendra Shah and his Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) are on track to win the general election.

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 London last year. Prosecutors said Ghetts, whose real name is ...

A 35-year-old former mayor who first came to prominence as a rapper will become Nepal’s next and youngest-ever prime minister ...

By Saurabh Sharma March 6 (Reuters) - After Nepal's historic youth-led uprising last September killed 77 people and forced ...

Ex-rapper and Kathmandu's former mayor, Balen Shah, is all set to become Nepal's next prime minister. A Maithili-speaking ...

Thursday's general election was the first since violent youth-led protests toppled the government in September.

Nepal's election results point to a landslide for rapper Balendra Shah, anticipated by a few in Nepal's political establishment.

Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah’s party gained leads in early counting in Nepal’s general election, far outpacing his other rivals, including the country’s former ​prime minister who was forced ...