INTO THE DEEP END: Devotees pull a chariot floating on Gahana Pokhari at the annual Handigaun jatra on Monday.

FAREWELL: UML leader Sahana Pradhan paying last respects to Sadhana Adhikari, wife of former Prime Minister Man Mohan Adhikari whose fifth death anniversary also fell this week.

EXPLODING SCHOOLS: A bomb destroyed the Aadarsha Namuna Secondary School in Gaidakot , Nawalparasi, on 22 April. The Maoist student wing on Wednesday lifted its threat to indefinitely close down all private schools in the country.

ART START: Teenagers painting at the two-day teen art workshop Celebrating Colours on Saturday and Sunday at The Bluestar Hotel.

YIIIIIIEEEAAAAAH: The Eastern Zone won the Seventh National Kyokusin Karate Championships in Dharan on 23 April. More than 80 martial arts atheletes took part.