Regional and emerging political parties in Nepal form alliances before the March 5 elections. The Rastriya Swotantra Party ...

In Nepal, rapper-turned-mayor Balen Shah has aligned with RSP leader Rabi Lamichhane, forming an alliance to challenge ...

Kathmandu Mayor Balendra 'Balen' Shah joins Rastriya Swatantra Party, set as prime ministerial candidate for Nepal’s March 5 ...

Kathmandu mayor Balendra Shah joins reformist party, agreeing to become prime minister if alliance wins March elections.

Balendra Shah, widely known as Balen, has formed an alliance with the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), a rising political ...

The meeting was attended by Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba, CPN-UML Chair KP Sharma Oli, and Coordinator of the Nepal Communist Party Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda'. Minister for ...

Under the agreement with RSP, 35-year old Balen will become the prime minister if the RSP wins the March 5 elections while ...

Members of ousted Nepali prime minister KP Sharma Oli's political party voted for him to retain leadership of the ...

Voter turnout in Nepal has declined in recent years. According to the International IDEA database, turnout stood at 78 ...

Why Is Myanmar’s Military Bothering to Hold an Election? A month has passed since the September 8-9 uprising that shook Nepal’s political establishment from its core, forcing rapid and dramatic ...

First-time voters have registered in large numbers despite lingering uncertainty over whether March elections will proceed as ...

The following op-ed was written by Rishi Gupta, Assistant Director at Asia Society Policy Institute in New Delhi, and published by Channel News Asia on October 16, 2025. Few could have predicted that ...