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Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Zhang Maoming paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sushila Karki on Friday.

During the meeting, they exchanged views on various dimensions of Nepal-China relations. 

According to the Prime Minister's Secretariat, the Prime Minister congratulated Zhang on the assumption of the post, wishing him a successful term. 

She hoped that the Ambassador would successfully carry out his duties, thereby contributing to take the friendly relations between the two countries to a new height. 

The Chinese Ambassador congratulated the Prime Minister for building an atmosphere conducive to House of Representatives election by maintaining peace, security and a rule of law. 

He added that China's support and cooperation would always be there in such a process. 

The Prime Minister thanked China for its goodwill and support for the election, a significant part of Nepal's democratic process. 

She also, on behalf of Nepal and Nepali citizens, expressed her gratitude to the Chinese government for its support to various development projects in Nepal. 

The Prime Minister and the Chinese Ambassador exchanged best wishes on the occasion of the Chinese New Year. 

Stating that the two nations are closely connected by culture, geography and historic ties, Prime Minister Karki reiterated Nepal's commitment to the Panchasheel Principles (The Five Principles of Peaceful Co-existence). 

She affirmed Nepal adheres to the 'One-China Policy', and made it clear that no activities against its close neighbour would be entertained in its territory. 

Instability in one nation may cause issues in another nation, she reminded, underlining the need for strengthening mutual cooperation for having regional peace and stability. 

In response, the Chinese Envoy, on behalf of the people and President of China, expressed gratitude to the Nepal government for its policy and stance regarding China. 

Home Minister Om Prakash Aryal has asserted that the elections to the House of Representatives scheduled for March 5 would be held in a free, fair and impartial manner.

In the course of inspecting the voting centers of Baiteshwor Rural Municipality in Dolakha district today, Home Minister mentioned that the elections would be made fair and impartial this time by correcting the past weaknesses. 

He also directed the concerned officials to create such environment where voters could cast vote peacefully with confidence. 

On the occasion, the Home Minister urged all concerned sides to involve in preparation of their respective election constituencies being aware about the wrong, misleading and misinformation disseminated in social platforms. 

A team comprising Home Minister Aryal and Acting Chief Election Commissioner, Ram Prasad Bhandari, inspected the voting centers of the rural municipality and discussed about election security.

Inspector General of the Armed Police Force, Raju Aryal, Chief of General Staff Lieutenant General, Pradip Jung KC, Additional Inspector General of Police, Ganesh Thada Magar, Spokesperson of the Home Ministry, Ananda Kafle, Assistant Spokesperson Rama Acharya, Chief District Office of Dolakha, Hari Prasad Ghimire, Chief Returning Officer, Ram Prasad Neupane, among others were present on the occasion.

The team enquired about local level elections and elections to the House of Representatives held in 2079 as well as election security plan for the upcoming HoR election, shared Assistant Spokesperson Acharya.

It was shared that security has been tightened at different borders in view of sensitivity and problems surfaced in the voting centre in past. 

Similarly, Acting Chief Election Commissioner Bhandari requested all stakeholders for their active participation in order to hold the elections in fair, impartial and fear-free environment. 

He also directed to ensure election security by carrying out preparation of the election, finding out possible problems keeping past election sensitivity in mind. 

Briefing about the present election situation of the district, Chief Returning Officer Neupane and Chief District Officer Ghimire informed that coordination among security bodies is underway.

Likewise, Inspector General of APF, Aryal, briefed about district security. 

There are eight voting centers, 21 polling stations and 18,422 voters in Baideshowr Rural Municipality.

As many as 221, 000 employees are going to be deployed across 165 constituencies throughout the country for conducting the House of Representatives elections to be held on March 5.

The employees are to be deployed at 23,112 voting centers in 165 electoral constituencies and 143 temporary voting centers for proportional voting in the 77 districts across the country.

Election Commission Assistant Spokesman Prakash Neupane, said that arrangements have been made to deploy nine staff members in voting centers with over five hundred voters and eight staff members in centers with fewer than 500 voters.

The Commission has stated that after training the election officers and assistant election officers assigned to polling centers, the election officers themselves will train other staff assigned to the centers.

The Election Commission has stated that election materials and ballot papers have reached all 165 electoral constituencies across the country by Thursday.

Nepali Congress (NC) has organized a mass gathering in Pokhara today targeting the upcoming House of Representatives (HoR) elections. 

NC Kaski secretary and spokesperson Nabin Sigdel informed that party President Gagan Kumar Thapa and Vice President Bishwo Prakash Sharma are set to address the gathering to be held at Amarsingh Chowk in Pokhara. 

He stated that leaders and cadres along with candidates from all 18 constituencies within the province will participate in the gathering. 

Spokesman Sigdel noted that the general public will be imparted a direct message about the changed NC's clear ideas, policies, working style and upcoming plans through the mass gathering. 

With the election date approaching, parties have intensified their campaigns.