Nepal, March 13 -- If you ever stumble upon a mass in a jatra, a thunderous beat that repeats itself demands immediate attention. This festive beat is produced by the dhime, a traditional Newa baja.

Nepal’s election commission says a four-year-old party led by an ex-rapper has swept the first election since a youth-led revolt.

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.

Balendra Shah’s party won a landslide in the election that followed Nepal’s Gen Z revolution. His style is pugnacious.

This also tells that everything that rhymes is music, and everyone who can string together catchy lines is an artist. Badshah’s work is a reminder of that uncomfortable truth.

According to official data from the Electoral Commission, as of Sunday morning, the emerging party has already secured 106 out of the 165 directly elected seats and is leading in the counting of ...

A youth-led uprising brought Nepal’s government down last year. Now, a 35-year-old politician demanding change is set to become prime minister.

A Nepali political party led by an ex-rapper is set for a landslide victory in the country's first parliamentary election ...

Preliminary and partial results show that a new political party led by an ex-rapper is leading Nepal’s parliamentary election, the country’s first since last year’s revolt.

Nepal's centrist party of rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah took an early lead in the high-stakes parliamentary election on Friday, as slow counting continued after the first polls since last yea ...

Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah’s party gained leads in early counting in Nepal’s general election, far outpacing his other rivals, including the country’s former ​prime minister who was forced ...