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BALENDRA SHAH

Nepali Prime Minister Balendra Shah addresses the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 24, where he made a plea for climate justice in the wake of recent deadly glacial floods.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 1, 2026
Nepal’s PM says when the house is burning, we act
Nepal is not a passive bystander to a remote emergency; it is its barometer, and the instruments are flashing red.
Balendra Shah is due to address the United Nations General Assembly this week, using his first foreign trip as prime minister to press Nepal's case for greater international support to recover from a flood that scientists have linked to climate change.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 24, 2026
Rapper faces first big test as prime minister after Nepal flood disaster
The disaster has caused climate diplomacy to overshadow Balendra Shah’s anti-corruption agenda that helped his rise to office.
A woman walks past houses damaged by last month's massive flash floods in the town of Trishuli in Nepal's Nuwakot district on Friday.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 13, 2026
Nepal takes its floods to the U.N. — and asks who will pay
Experts have attributed the flooding to a massive rockslide in the Himalayas, a hazard that climate change is making more frequent as the region warms.
A swollen river near flood-damaged buildings in Devighat, Nepal, on Sunday.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Sep 1, 2026
Nepal PM demands climate action after Himalayan disaster
While the exact cause of the collapse is unclear, climate change is causing glaciers to melt worldwide, increasing the risk of such disasters.
Demonstrators take part in the youth-led protests in Kathmandu that toppled Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli in September.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 29, 2026
Nepal after the fires: Can a landslide deliver democratic stability?
Balen’s rise must be understood against this combustible backdrop. His party’s victory is less a conventional mandate than a rejection of the old order.
Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) election candidate Balendra Shah (C) shows a victory sign after collecting a certificate following his win in parliamentary elections at the counting center in Damak, Nepal, on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 9, 2026
Nepal’s rapper-led centrist party heads for poll landslide
The vote was the first since deadly September 2025 youth anti-corruption protests toppled the government.
People wait in line to vote outside a polling station during the general election in Damak, Jhapa district, Nepal, on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 5, 2026
Nepal election pits former rapper against old guard vying for Gen Zs
Thursday’s election is just six months after deadly protests against unemployment, corruption and inequality swept the nation, prompted by a ban on social media sites.
Balendra Shah (C), Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) election candidate and Kathmandu's former mayor greets supports during a door-to-door election campaign at Gauriganj in Jhapa district on Feb. 16.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 25, 2026
Nepal’s rapper-mayor in pole position to become prime minister
There are no reliable opinion polls ?in Nepal, but four political analysts and local media project the 25-year-old as the leading prime ministerial choice.
Balendra Shah (right), Rastriya Swatantra Party election candidate and Kathmandu's former mayor greets supporters during a door-to-door election campaign at Gauriganj in Jhapa district on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 19, 2026
High-stakes showdown in Nepal’s post-uprising polls
In Nepal’s eastern plains, rival political flags flutter over tea farms and brick homes — symbols of a local election campaign shaping landmark nationwide polls.
Balendra Shah, a former rapper and composer who currently serves as the mayor of Kathmandu, attends Indra Jatra festival at Kathmandu Durbar Square on Sept. 6.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 29, 2025
Former rapper to run for Nepal PM in key vote after Gen Z protests
Balendra Shah, 35, is set to become prime minister ?if the Rastriya Swatantra Party wins the March 5 parliamentary election.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
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Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
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