The detentions come just a day after Balendra Shah was sworn in as Prime Minister following the country’s first elections since the 2025 uprising that toppled Oli’s government ...

Balendra Shah won the election by a landslide promising change to Nepalis who are angry at corruption.

Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah was sworn in as prime minister of Nepal on Friday (March 27), tasked with restoring political stability and creating jobs in the poor Himalayan nation long ...

On Tuesday 7 April, BBC World Questions will come to Nepal to debate the future of the country in the capital city of Kathmandu. Violent, youth-led protests toppled the government and led to a general ...

Balendra Shah is sworn in as Nepal's youngest prime minister following a landslide election victory and youth-led uprising.

Police in Nepal arrested former Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli over the deaths of dozens of people during violent protests in September that toppled the government and resulted in new elections ...

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

Mewa Lal Pulami, along with 1,216 other residents from a village on the fringes of Banke National Park in western Nepal, ...

At 35, Balen Shah becomes Nepal’s first Madhesi prime minister, representing the southern plains bordering India.

The Rastriya Swatantra Party secured a landslide victory, with Shah becoming the youngest democratically elected leader and the first from the Madhes region to hold the post.

During the Gen Z protest, 77 people lost their lives and government as well as private property worth billions was destroyed.

A leaked report on the deadly violence and mass arson that broke out last year has put the new leader under pressure to ...