Who Is Balendra Shah, the Rapper On Track to Become Nepal’s Next Prime Minister

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 ...

Voting peaceful in first Nepal election since September youth-led protests

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Voting was peaceful in Nepal’s first nationwide election Thursday since a violent, youth-led uprising ...
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Nepal's rapper politician who took on the old guard and won

Nepal's rapper-turned-mayor Balendra Shah won a dramatic parliamentary contest on Saturday, defeating veteran leader KP ...
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Nepal votes for change as new political force sweeps election

Nepal held its first general election since a deadly youth-led uprising toppled the government last year, with nearly 19 million voters casting ballots on March 5 in an election that has reshaped the ...

Nepal holds first government elections since youth uprising

Voting was peaceful in Nepal's first nationwide election Thursday since a violent, youth-led uprising forced the government ...

He Raps, He Rants, He Promises Change. Meet Nepal’s Presumptive New Leader.

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

Kathmandu empties as about 800,000 Nepalis head home to vote

Some 800,000 Nepalis have left the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal's most populated region, for their hometowns over the past week to ...
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Kathmandu frets over cooking gas, but oil corporation says supply normal

Kathmandu, March 11 -- Across Asia, countries are scrambling to contain the economic fallout of the war in West Asia, as oil supplies face disruption and fuel prices continue to climb.