Seven months after arriving in Japan from Nepal, 19-year-old Diyali Yamuna can ace a job interview in Japanese.

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 ...

Balen Shah and the Rastriya Swatantra Party surge across Nepal, winning crucial FPTP seats and signalling a major shift after the Gen Z protests; urban dominance evident in Kathmandu Valley.

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 ...

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

Former Kathmandu mayor and rapper Balendra Shah-associated Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), continued to maintain a wide ...

In 2022, a structural engineer with a signature pair of black rectangular sunglasses and a history in the underground rap scene did the unthinkable. Balendra 'Balen' Shah dismantled the established ...

Russia on Friday said it would not disclose details of Russia’s crude oil exports to India, citing security and geopolitical concerns amid heightened .

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

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 ...

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 ...