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

Shah was a rebel — crude and different from the politicians who previously led Nepal. How will he be in office?

The former mayor of Kathmandu embodies the hope for major change in a country plagued by three decades of political ...

Balendra Shah was sworn in as Nepal's 47th prime minister in March 2026, marking a rare rise of an independent leader to the country's top office.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Anadolu via Getty Images Youth groups and students in Nepal took to the streets after the country's prime minister approved plans ...

Balendra Shah, 35, a former mayor of Kathmandu who is the Himalayan nation’s youngest prime minister in decades, will be ...

The Nepal government said in an announcement lodged online on Sunday that the Nepal Telecommunications Authority had been ordered “immediately” to “close betting apps and websites, including any ...

India and Nepal are set to begin a new chapter, bound by familial ties, shared culture, open borders, and intertwined politics ...

A Nepali political party led by an ex-rapper is set for a landslide victory in the country's first parliamentary election since Gen Z protests ousted the old leadership that has ruled the Himalayan ...

Several months ago, Sandip Thapaliya, an out-of-work lab technician, called his sister in Kathmandu, Nepal, to share some exciting news. “I’ve joined the Russian army!” he exclaimed over the phone ...

Laxmi Maya Regmi, 72, a refugee from Bhutan, never thought that she would need a vaccination at her age. But on 19 March, she was among the first refugees to receive a COVID-19 vaccine at a settlement ...