Shah's poll victory follows a tumultuous year of Gen Z-led protests that toppled the previous KP Sharma Oli-led Nepal ...

The people of Nepal, unlike the youth-led ‘revolutions’ of various hues that occurred in many nations across the world, but with varying results, have turned their “Generation-Z” movement of last year ...

With RSP inching towards a landslide victory, Nepal’s next prime minister will be Balendra Shah. The former Kathmandu mayor ...

Riding a Gen-Z wave in Nepal’s polls, the Kathmandu mayor’s rise is also marked by sharp rhetoric and recurring controversies.

Nepal’s first general election after the 2025 uprising has drawn close attention from India due to border disputes, political instability, and complex bilateral relations between the two neighbours.

Balen Shah, a former rapper and structural engineer, could well become Nepal’s next prime minister. However, many question his credibility to sit in the country’s highest post, pointing to a slew of ...

With two of four seats declared and leads in 101 constituencies out of 165 where direct elections are held, the newbie RSP party led by former Kathmandu Mayor Balendra 'Balen' Shah looks set to form t ...

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 ...

Go to hell, you guys all combined can do nothing." In a surprising twist, then, Balen aligned with the RSP, one of the parties he had criticized in his post. Born in 1990 in Kathmandu, Shah studied ...

Test cricket is now the underdog. It is the scrappy, principled resistance against a franchise-led empire that has all the ...

Balendra 'Balen' Shah's Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) is set for a historic two-thirds majority in Nepal's parliamentary election. The former rapper and mayor is poised to become the next Prime ...

Balendra "Balen" Shah, a structural engineer and former underground rapper, defied political norms to become Kathmandu's Mayor in 2022. Now, the 35-year-old is challenging political heavyweight KP ...