Nepal election 2026 results: Everyone wants a slice of history in Nepal's Eastern Plains. In Jhapa-5, the line for a quick photo with Balendra 'Balen' Shah stretches through the corridors. Even if it ...

His songs fuelled a protest generation. Now the former Kathmandu mayor is taking on ex-PM Oli and asking voters to imagine him running country KATHMANDU: Everybody wants a selfie with Balendra Shah.

Balen's official YouTube page (@BalenShah with 'Rapper, Lyricist, Music Composer' as his description) lists about a million subscribers.

A thousand screens broadcasting catchy messages across rural tea stalls all day will have greater coverage than a thousand people attending a single rally. A single leader hosting cross-country rallie ...

Rapper-turned-PM Balendra Shah arrests ex-prime minister Khadga Prasad Oli over deaths during Nepal’s protest crackdown. Balen Shah just made history by becoming the first rapper-turned-politician to ...

Balendra Shah first gained prominence in Nepal's underground rap scene Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah has been sworn in as Nepal's prime minister after a landslide victory in the country's ...

2026 Nepal Election: Balen Shah won the Kathmandu elections in May 2022. When rapper-turned-engineer Balendra "Balen" Shah won the 2022 local elections to become Mayor of Kathmandu, it marked a shift ...

For the rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah 'Balen,' who is set to become Nepal's youngest elected prime minister on Friday, this was enough to garner 52 lakh votes under the proportionate voting ...

Rastriya Swatantra Party's (RSP) prime ministerial candidate Balendra Shah on Tuesday expressed confidence in further deepening "historic" Nepal-India ties and making them more "outcome-oriented".