FLAG-WAVING: Flags of SAARC member states at the Soaltee Crowne Plaza where trade ministers met on Monday to disuss the South Asian Free Trade Area. The meeting was deadlocked because of differences between India and Pakistan.
(KIRAN PANDAY)

TWO WHEELS BAD: Activists of the Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities stopped even bicycles from plying on the roads and vandalised cars to enforce their strike call on Wednesday. Diplomatic and tourist vehicles were allowed to ply. They later claimed the shutdown was "successful".
(KIRAN PANDAY)

ONE NIGHT: The theatre group Sarvanam performed BP Koirala\'s short story Ek Raat at the BICC on Friday. the play was directed by Ashesh Malla and was supported by the BP Koiral India-Nepal Foundation.
(KIRAN PANDAY)

YOUTH POWER: Members of the Maoist Communist Youth League remove buses that were used to block the road in Kopundole on Tuesday to protest the beating up of a driver. The Maoists also attacked bus drivers with khukuris, wounding two, and damaged dozens of vehicles for daring to protest.
(KIRAN PANDAY)