A coalition of international human rights organizations on Friday called for the immediate release of Kashmiri journalist Irfan Mehraj, marking three years since his arrest by India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) ... ....
Sputnik international news agency and radio has for the first time hosted a SputnikPro project session for students of Tribhuvan University, Nepal’s largest university ....
The case concerned a Bulgarian national identified under the pseudonym “Shipova,” who moved to Italy and underwent social and medical gender transition before requesting that Bulgarian authorities update her birth certificate ... ....
More than a decade ago, armed with a microphone and his signature sunglasses, he spat verses about Kathmandu’s corruption, its broken roads, and social inequality ... “He would often say Kathmandu is beautiful and can be developed into a liveable city.”.
Balendra “Balen” Shah, a 35-year-old former rapper, structural engineer, and mayor of Kathmandu... As mayor of Kathmandu, he gained national attention for his direct communication style and willingness to challenge bureaucratic inertia.
It was during this phase of administrative decline that Balen Shah emerged as a prominent figure in the political arena, contesting as an independent candidate in the 2022 Kathmandu mayoral election.
Balendra Shah, a former mayor of Kathmandu, is poised to become Nepal's new prime minister, following his Rastriya Swatantra Party's (RSP) strong showing in the crucial general elections, early official results showed on Saturday.
Five months on, the musician who cut his political teeth in 2022 when he became the mayor of the capital Kathmandu, is poised to become Nepal’s next prime minister following the country’s first election since the September uprising.