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The Election Commission (EC) has stated that printing of three  million ballot papers for the first past the post (FPTP) electoral system was completed so far for the House of Representatives (HoR) elections scheduled for March 5.

According to the EC, the ballot papers for the FPTP system for 25 districts were printed. 

Likewise, the EC stated that nearly 1.1 million sample ballot papers are being printed for the voters' education purpose.  

The Election Commission stated that the ballot papers have been printed at Janak Education Materials Limited, Bhaktapur. 

Printing of ballot papers for the proportional representation (PR) system has already been completed, the EC said.

EC Spokesperson Narayan Prasad Bhattarai shared that a total of 28,030,000 ballot papers for the PR system were printed.

Manchester City and Aston Villa both slipped up in their pursuit of Premier League leaders Arsenal on Sunday with City drawing 2-2 at Tottenham Hotspur and Villa slumping to defeat at home to 10-man Brentford, Reuters reported. 

After a wobble of their own, Arsenal returned to form with a 4-0 hammering of Leeds United on Saturday opening a seven-point gap and throwing down the gauntlet to their title rivals.

Villa went down 1-0 to Brentford before City kicked off at a Tottenham Hotspur side who have been woeful at home, according to Reuters. 

Ten-man Paris Saint-Germain scored a late winner to claim a 2-1 victory at Racing Strasbourg on Sunday and return to the summit of Ligue 1, Reuters reported. 

Nuno Mendes secured three vital points in the 81st minute, six minutes after the champions had been reduced to 10 men with the dismissal of right back Achraf Hakimi.

Senny Mayulu had put PSG ahead in the 22nd minute, one minute after Strasbourg’s Joaquin Panichelli saw his penalty saved by Matvey Safonov, according to Reuters. 

Lord Mandelson says he has resigned his membership of the Labour Party as he does not want to "cause further embarrassment" by his links to the late convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, BBC reported. 

The former cabinet minister, who was sacked as US ambassador last year because of his past connections to Epstein, appeared in the latest release of files by the US Department of Justice on Friday.

Documents suggest Epstein made $75,000 (£55,000) in payments to Lord Mandelson in three separate $25,000 transactions in 2003 and 2004, according to BBC.