The former mayor of Kathmandu embodies the hope for major change in a country plagued by three decades of political ...

Shah was a rebel — crude and different from the politicians who previously led Nepal. How will he be in office?

Balendra Shah, a structural engineer who rose to fame as a rap artist before becoming Kathmandu’s mayor, is poised to become ...

Balendra Shah was sworn in as Nepal's 47th prime minister in March 2026, marking a rare rise of an independent leader to the country's top office.

Balen Shah, 35, takes oath as Nepal’s youngest prime minister after a Gen Z-led uprising toppled the previous government, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Anadolu via Getty Images Youth groups and students in Nepal took to the streets after the country's prime minister approved plans ...

The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) won a commanding mandate, taking 125 constituency seats and 57 proportional seats.

He was always seen as a low-profile member of Nepal's royal family. Neither Gyanendra Shah nor the Himalayan nation thought he'd ascend the throne. Fifteen minutes on that fateful 2001 night changed ...

Nepal’s LGBTQ+ community is celebrating after Bhumika Shrestha became the country’s first transgender lawmaker on 16 March.

Nepal's former prime minister and Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist leader Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli casts his vote during Nepal's parliamentary election in Kathmandu on March 5. | ...