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

Votes counted so far show Balendra Shah and his Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) are on track to win the general election.

Kathmandu, March 16 -- As the vote count of the March 5 House of Representatives elections concludes, Nepal is at what many call a 'turning point' in its political history. The Rastriya Swatantra ...

Once dismissed as a political novice, the former Kathmandu mayor is now on track to become Nepal’s next prime minister.

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

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

A youth-led uprising brought Nepal’s government down last year. Now, a 35-year-old politician demanding change is set to become prime minister.

Balen Shah's party won Nepal's historic election, making the rapper-turned-politician the country's next prime minister.

A 35-year-old former mayor who first came to prominence as a rapper will become Nepal’s next and youngest-ever prime minister ...

Six months after massive youth-led protests that ousted a prime minister, voters in Nepal are headed to the polls on Thursday.

Nepal's rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah held an unassailable lead against ousted prime minister KP Sharma Oli Saturday ...