Maria Corina Machado Wins Nobel Peace Prize 2025

By BPN News Desk October 10, 2025

International

The Nobel Committee has awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado. She was recognised for her long-standing fight for democratic rights and her role in promoting a peaceful transition of power in Venezuela. Why Machado Was Chosen The committee

Op-Eds Opinion

From Hashtags to Handcuffs: Time for MHA to Act Against Violent Provocations

By BPN News Desk September 11, 2025

The recent wave of Gen Z protests in Nepal should serve as a sobering warning for India. What began as a movement for accountability and transparency quickly descended into mob violence, arson, and even the killing of politicians’ family members. Houses were torched, public property was destroyed, and the democratic space for dissent was hijacked […]

Op-Eds Opinion

Revamping Judicial Appointments: Can Democracy and Independence Coexist?

By BPN News Desk August 27, 2025

A fresh storm has erupted over judicial appointments in India. Justice Vipul Pancholi’s proposed elevation to the Supreme Court has triggered dissent within the Collegium itself. Justice B.V. Nagarathna, in a rare move, openly opposed the recommendation, warning it was “counter-productive to the administration of justice” and risked damaging whatever credibility the

Op-Eds Opinion

Protests as India’s New Veto Power: Why the Noise Bends the Judiciary and Government

By BPN News Desk August 22, 2025

Protests have become the new “veto power” in India. If you can mobilize a few thousand loud, persistent protestors, you can often stall or kill a policy — regardless of whether it benefits the larger public. So yes, it’s easy to organise protests in India — but it’s even easier for the system to surrender […]

National

TN CM Stalin Accuses BJP of Using ECI for Poll Rigging

By BPN News Desk August 11, 2025

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has levelled strong accusations against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), alleging that it has turned the Election Commission of India (ECI) into a “poll-rigging machinery.” He claimed that the incidents being reported are not random errors but part of a deliberate and organised attempt to influence election outcomes. Reference […]

International

Student-Led National Citizen Party Rallies in Dhaka

By BPN News Desk August 4, 2025

Approximately 1,000 supporters gathered at Dhaka’s Shaheed Minar to rally behind the National Citizen Party (NCP), a new political movement formed by students who led last year’s uprising that removed former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from power. Pledge to Build a “New Bangladesh” NCP chairman Nahid Islam unveiled a 24-point agenda, calling for a complete […]

Editorials Opinion

The Babus Rule, The Netas Sign

By BPN News Desk July 29, 2025

When Subhash Chandra Garg, the then Finance Secretary of India, quietly decided to resign from the Indian Administrative Service, it wasn’t because of a scandal or political fallout. It was because a file moved in the Ministry of Finance—not through honest dialogue, but through quiet coercion. Garg had opposed a policy proposal to give resolution […]