STILL BEHIND BARS: A party member examines a poster of the Nepali Congress-Democratic put up for its Convention at BICC on Thursday. Party leaders Sher Bahadur Deuba and Prakash Man Singh have been in detention for eight months. (Pic: MIN BAJRACHAYRA)

MAJOR HAUL: Police at the Anti-Narcotic Department in Baneswor display 528 kg of hashish seized on Wednesday from a bus in Halchok. Two people were arrested. (Pics: KIRAN PANDAY)

IT\'S A MALL WORLD AFTER ALL: The Kathmandu Mall has allowed tenants to put up huge billboards that have obliterated its impressive facade. (Pics: KIRAN PANDAY)

YOWLS OF APPRECIATION: Street children and their pet dog cheer at a concert organised especially for them by the band Nepathya and the child welfare group CPCS in Dilli Bajar on Wednesday. (Pics: KIRAN PANDAY)

MOUNTAINS ON FIRE: This forest fire, fanned by strong westerly winds, raged for 10 days in northern Dhading district below Ganesh Himal two weeks ago. Brush fires have become common due to a two-month winter drought.
(Pic: KUNDA DIXIT)