Balendra Shah, popularly known as Balen, holds huge lead over ousted prime minister K.P. Sharma Oli in his home constituency - Anadolu Ajansı

Balendra Shah emerged as a leading figure in the youth-driven protests that shook Nepal last year. The hip-hop star could soon be leading the country as its youngest prime minister after dramatic electoral gains,

Nepal on Thursday held its first election since a youth-led uprising against corruption toppled the government last year.

Some 800,000 Nepalis have left the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal's most populated region, for their hometowns over the past week to vote in tomorrow's election, authorities say.

The campaign that swept aside Nepal's established political heavyweights and brought 35-year-old rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah to the cusp of power emerged out

A millennial rapper and former mayor is aiming to lead the country, six months after the old guard was ousted.

Kathmandu's air quality has deteriorated to hazardous levels, with the capital ranking as the second most polluted major city in the world as of Monday morning, according to real-time data from IQAir,

Nepal, March 13 -- The clear parliamentary majority for Nepal's Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) reduces near-term political uncertainty and provides an opportunity for enhanced policy predictability and implementation of governance and economic reforms,

KATHMANDU, Nepal(AP) — A curfew was imposed on a key border city in southern Nepal after Hindu and Muslim groups began protesting against each other following the vandalism of a mosque over the weekend, officials said Tuesday. The curfew orders issued by ...