Before he dismantled Nepal’s political elite, Balendra Shah was destroying his opponents in underground rap battles.

World / Nepal’s “Gen Z revolution” achieved historic and unexpected electoral success—but transformational change remains elusive. Wen Stephenson Kathmandu—Last week, on the afternoon before Nepal’s ...

In the past two editions of the T20 World Cups, Nepal's fans have flooded the stands, be it in Texas or in Mumbai. The cricketers have shown the spunk, stomach for a fight, and pushed teams like South ...

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

The election — the country's first since last year's youth-led revolt — was won by the Rastriya Swatantra Party of ...

Balen Shah's RSP has achieved a feat many thought impossible in Nepal: a sweeping majority.

The landslide victory of a young ex-mayor and rapper brings actual hope of change to a country that’s been mired in stasis ...

Rapper-turned-Kathmandu mayor Balendra Shah, who once blasted India, China and the US in a viral post, is now poised to ...

Nepal is all about the ‘Balen wave’ now. A party that is less than four years old has stormed into power. Could Nepal turn another page on its tumultuous recent history?

Balendra Shah is all set to become the next prime minister of Nepal following his party’s win in the recent general elections. While the country is looking for change after the deadly Gen-Z protests, ...

Nepal's rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah is set to become the next prime minister after his centrist Rastriya Swatantra ...

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 ...