Nepal

Nepal sells half-filled cooking gas canisters due to Mid-East war

Nepal said it still has sufficient gas but has reduced cylinder volumes to stretch the available supply.

New Nepal government faces old challenges

Mr Balendra Shah will face multiple challenges fixing Nepal's ailing economy.

Nepal ex-rapper’s party wins election in landslide after Gen Z protests

Balendra Shah, a rapper-turned-politician and the prime ministerial candidate for RSP, celebrates with his supporters after winning the election, in Damak, Jhapa district, Nepal, March 7, 2026. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

Nepal to ration cooking gas due to panic over shortage

People stand in a queue with their empty LPG cylinders outside a depot of Nepal Gas Industries Pvt. Ltd. amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Kathmandu, Nepal, March 12, 2026. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

Nepal counts final votes with rapper Shah poised for PM

Balendra Shah's rise from the capital’s mayor to expected prime minister caps a bold gamble and marks one of the most dramatic results in recent Nepali politics.

Nepali rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah’s centrist party heads for landslide election win

Nepali rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah, who is the leader of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), celebrating his election victory and greeting supporters in Damak, Jhapa district in Nepal on March 7. REUTERS

Balendra Shah: Nepal’s rapper politician who took on the old guard and won

Mr Balendra Shah (left) is seen at a polling station as he votes during Nepal's parliamentary election in Kathmandu on March 5, 2026.

Inside the Nepal campaign that could vault Balendra Shah to power

Supporters of Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) celebrate after election officials announce that Balendra Shah, a rapper-turned-politician and the prime ministerial candidate for RSP, is leading, outside a counting centre in Damak, Jhapa district, Nepal, March 7, 2026. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

Rapper-turned-politician Shah unseats former Nepal PM in own constituency

Rastriya Swatantra Party election candidate Balendra Shah (left) casts his ballots as he votes at a polling station in Kathmandu on March 5.

Nepal’s early vote count puts ex-rapper’s party ahead in two-thirds of seats

Balendra Shah, a rapper-turned-politician and the prime ministerial candidate for Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), heads to cast his vote during the general election in Kathmandu, Nepal, March 5, 2026. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.