This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A four-year-old political party led by former rapper Balendra Shah won Nepal’s parliamentary election in a ...

IT IS AN arduous trip from Kathmandu, which sits in an expansive valley in the lap of the Himalayas, to Jhapa, a district in the south-eastern lowlands of Nepal. Even on a good day the 430km distance ...

The 35-year-old rapper-turned-politician is set to become the South Asian nation’s next Prime Minister, after Gen Z protests rocked the political establishment last year ...

Balendra Shah’s party won a landslide in the election that followed Nepal’s Gen Z revolution. His style is pugnacious.

Balendra Shah emerged as a leading figure in the youth-driven protests that shook Nepal last year. The hip-hop star could soon be leading the country as its youngest prime minister after dramatic ...

Once dismissed as a political novice, the former Kathmandu mayor is now on track to become Nepal’s next prime minister.

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

A name that is increasingly echoing through Nepal's political corridors is Balen Shah, the rapper-turned-politician who has ...

The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), led by rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah, achieved a significant victory in Nepal's general elections, defeating traditional parties. The RSP secured 117 seats ...

A youth-led uprising brought Nepal’s government down last year. Now, a 35-year-old politician demanding change is set to become prime minister.