Nepal's Everest Season Opens Under Shadow Of Multi-Million Dollar Rescue Scam

Between 2022 and 2025, Nepal Police confirmed more than 300 fake helicopter rescues, leading to fraudulent insurance claims ...

Nepal honors record-holding climbers during 70th anniversary of 1st Mount Everest ascent

The government of Nepal held a celebration Monday to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the first ascent of Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world.
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New Nepal PM Balen, At 35, Is Among The World’s Youngest Leaders

KATHMANDU – Balendra Shah, the parliamentary party leader of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), has been sworn in as the new ...

Ex-rapper Shah sworn in as Nepal prime minister after sweeping election win

By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU, March 27 (Reuters) - Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah was sworn in as prime minister of ...
Manila Standard

Nepal ex-PM nabbed over alleged role in protest crackdown

Nepal’s former prime minister KP Sharma Oli and ex-home minister Ramesh Lekhak were arrested Saturday morning over their alleged involvement in a deadly ...
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Balen Shah’s political rise in Nepal reflects a broader shift after youth-led protests

Balendra Shah, a structural engineer who rose to fame as a rap artist before becoming Kathmandu’s mayor, is poised to become ...