The Nepali Embassy in Dhaka on Friday organised a painting competition among school students as a part of the events held to mark the 50 years of diplomatic relations between Nepal and Bangladesh.

The competition, held in the collaboration with the Bangladesh-Nepal Friendship Society and Bangladesh Book Club, was organised with a view to providing an opportunity for the students to explore new dimensions of Nepal-Bangladesh relations through their artworks, the embassy said in a press release.

Broadly based on the theme of connecting the Himalayas and the Bay of Bengal, the participants mainly portrayed mountains and cultural heritages of Nepal and Bangladesh in their paintings.

Around 300 students from 25 schools in Dhaka participated in the competition. The participants were divided into three age groups: 5-8 years, 9-12 years, 13-16 years, and a group of participants with special abilities.