India has also relaxed FDI norms for Chinese companies. According to the updated policy, “If a company from China or any ...

Balendra Shah, a former rapper, leads the Rastriya Swatantra Party to a landslide victory in Nepal. His rise reflects the power of youth activism and the demand for accountability in politics ...

A three-year-old party won Nepal’s general elections by a landslide, authorities said, positioning its candidate Balendra Shah to become the next ...

The four-year-old Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), led by rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah, has achieved a feat many thought impossible under Nepal's dual-election system: a sweeping majority.

Kathmandu, March 13 -- If things go as planned, the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) will form a majority government within two ...

The recent election has signalled a major political shift from the centrist and left-leaning ideologies. Of the 165 FPTP seats, Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) secured 125 seats, Nepali Congress has ...

The landslide victory of a young ex-mayor and rapper brings actual hope of change to a country that’s been mired in stasis ...

The RSP calls it “development diplomacy.” Experts say it's an attempt to attract investment and aid without the political strings that have made MCC and BRI so controversial.

IT IS AN arduous trip from Kathmandu, which sits in an expansive valley in the lap of the Himalayas, to Jhapa, a district in the south-eastern lowlands of Nepal. Even on a good day the 430km distance ...

The 35-year-old rapper-turned-politician is set to become the South Asian nation’s next Prime Minister, after Gen Z protests rocked the political establishment last year ...

Newly elected Balendra Shah's public messaging suggests a balanced approach rather than a tilt to either side, analysts say Nepal's incoming government has signalled it will pursue a more pragmatic ...