After playing a significant role in Nepal’s politics for two decades, they won only 42 seats in the 275-member house.

Nepalis are voting in a consequential election that will chart the country's path after last year's youth-led anti-corruption ...

Kathmandu/siraha, March 20 -- The escalating tensions in the Gulf region, triggered by the ongoing standoff involving the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Election officials inspect ballot boxes before they are dispatched from the Election Commission office in Kathmandu ahead of Nepal ...

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 four-year-old Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), led by rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah, has achieved a feat many ...

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 ...

The new Prime Minister of Nepal, Balendra Shah, must reset ties with New Delhi. The India-Nepal relationship cannot be taken ...

Before he dismantled Nepal’s political elite, Balendra Shah was destroying his opponents in underground rap battles.

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, ...

The election result reflects deep frustration with decades of political instability, corruption, nepotism and youth unemployment. The message is clear – perform or perish ...

Overseas Nepali workers bankroll their families and buttress the economy, making them a key constituency in elections next week -- but they cannot vote themselves. The Himalayan republic votes on ...