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SUBSTACK (The Grayzone) - As criticism grows over landslide inaction, leaks show Nepal’s new leaders groomed by US regime change outfit

As public anger against the Nepalese government mounts after deadly landslides in Nepal, files show the country’s new prime minister and several of his colleagues came to power thanks in part to a covert program sponsored by the US government.

By Kit Klarenberg and Wyatt Reed Eight months before a deadly landslide in Nepal claimed over 1,000 lives this September, the country’s new leaders emerged for the first time. It was December 2025, and a meeting had just been held in Kathmandu between the city’s rapper-turned-mayor, Balen Shah, and the head of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), Rabi Lamichhane. Having seized power after the bloody unrest which rocked Nepal just a few months prior, the pair immediately put forward a seven-point plan pledging to root out “corruption and poor governance,” and to replace it with “good governance, prosperity, and social justice.” Under its terms, Shah would serve as the Prime Minister of Nepal, and the RSP would govern alongside…Open

NYTIMES (Binod Ghimire and Mujib Mashal) - For Nepal’s Young Leader, Flood Recovery Will Be a Herculean Task

Prime Minister Balendra Shah, 36, rose to power this year on the back of youth anger with graft and mismanagement. His fledgling government now faces a huge test.

NYTIMES (Hannah Beech, Binod Ghimire, Sajal Pradhan and Hannah Reyes Morales) - Gen Z Looks to Nepal as a Test Case of Its Hopes

Many youth-led protests around the world have failed to bring meaningful change. But in Nepal, a new government is promising to do things differently.