After playing a significant role in Nepal’s politics for two decades, they won only 42 seats in the 275-member house.
Last year’s protests reflected popular disenchantment with established political parties, which are again seeking power.
Kathmandu: On 9 September, as smoke rose from the parliament building in Nepal’s Kathmandu, Gen Z protesters chanted slogans not just against the ban on social media but against something far deeper.
Nepalis are voting in a consequential election that will chart the country's path after last year's youth-led anti-corruption ...
Before he dismantled Nepal’s political elite, Balendra Shah was destroying his opponents in underground rap battles.
Counting is continuing in Nepal as the party of rapper and ex-Kathmandu mayor Balendra Shah is potentially just one seat away from winning a supermajority in parliament. The Rastr ...
The new Prime Minister of Nepal, Balendra Shah, must reset ties with New Delhi. The India-Nepal relationship cannot be taken ...
The country’s Gen Z uprising illustrates both the promise and limitations of online-brokered protest Something big is happening in remote Nepal—the first revolution not only powered by network ...
Balendra Shah, known as Balen, wins Nepal's parliamentary elections at age 35, defeating former prime minister K. P. Sharma Oli in a youth-led political upheaval.
Nepal votes next week for the first time since deadly anti-corruption protests toppled the government, but analysts say any winner will likely maintain the delicate diplomatic balance between its two ...
This is the 82nd episode of Diaspora Diaries, a Nepali Times series in collaboration with Migration Lab providing a platform to share experiences of living, working and studying abroad. In September, ...