Jhapa/kathmandu, March 8 -- 5 was the most keenly-watched constituency in Nepal's March 5 elections. In this race, the widely ...

The Rastriya Swatantra Party has won 125 of the 165 seats under direct voting in Nepal’s parliamentary polls as vote counting under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system concluded on Tuesday, putting ...

Nepal''s political landscape was dramatically reshaped on Sunday as the centrist Rastriya Swatantra Party led by rapper-turned-politician Balendra (Balen) Shah surged to a commanding victory in ...

Whether the RSP can deliver on its many promises remains to be seen. But one thing is already clear: The March 5 election has fundamentally changed Nepali politics.

Rapper-turned politician Balendra Shah’s Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) appeared set for a landslide victory in Nepal’s ...

With two of four seats declared and leads in 101 constituencies out of 165 where direct elections are held, the newbie RSP party led by former Kathmandu Mayor Balendra 'Balen' Shah looks set to form t ...

K.P. Sharma Oli's Communist Party of Nepal is ahead on 3 seats, while the Shram Shakti Party is leading on one seat. Amid the ...

With RSP inching towards a landslide victory, Nepal’s next prime minister will be Balendra Shah. The former Kathmandu mayor and rapper has been able to gain the support of Gen Z for his confrontationa ...

Balen Shah, a former rapper and structural engineer, could well become Nepal’s next prime minister. However, many question his credibility to sit in the country’s highest post, pointing to a slew of ...

On Thursday, around 19 million eligible voters, including at least 8 lakh first-timers, will vote to elect a new Lower House ...

Kathmandu, Feb. 26 -- Four major political parties have placed tourism at the centre of their election manifestos, promising ...

Voting began across Nepal on Thursday under tight security in the first national elections since last year’s youth-led uprising that unseated the government of former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.