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A total of Rs 133.5 million has been collected so far in a government fund established to restore physical properties damaged in arson and vandalism occurred during the September 8–9 Gen Z movement.

According to the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Finance, Tanka Prasad Pandeya, as of this morning, Rs 133,565,000 has been deposited in the Fund.

Siddhartha Premier Insurance Limited today contributed Rs 10.1 million to the fund under its Institutional Social Responsibility initiative. 

Last week, insurance company MetLife Nepal deposited Rs 2.5 million, while earlier the Oriental Insurance had chipped in Rs 2 million.

The fund was established in the aftermath of the Gen Z movement, calling on the public, private sector, non-resident Nepalis, development partners, and donor agencies for their assistance. 

The government has also provided provisions allowing contributors to deduct or claim expenses while calculating their taxable income for the current fiscal year.

Anyone wishing to chip in the fund can deposit the amount in the Rastriya Banijya Bank account number 1960100102070004.

The Karnali Province has a total of 1, 037, 250 voters for the election to the House of Representatives (HoR) scheduled for March 5.

Information Officer of Karnali Province Election Office, Nandaram Chaulagain, said that the highest number of voters are in Surkhet district with 248,943. Similarly, Dolpa district has the lowest number of voters standing at 24,115.

Likewise, there are 162,449 voters in Salyan, 161,204 voters in Dailekh, 107,091 voters in Jajarkot, 106,660 in Rukum Paschim and 84,646 in Kalikot district.

The Office stated that the number of voters in Jumla is 71,739 and there are 36031 voters in Humla and 34,372 voters in Humla. 

According to Chaulagain, the province has 1,137 voting centres and 941 polling stations. 

There were 908,433 voters in the Karnali Province in the HoR elections held in 2079 BS. 

Tanahun district has a total of 254,397 voters for the elections to the House of Representatives (HoR) scheduled for March 5. 

According to the District Election Office, Tanahun, women voters are more compared to the men voters in the district. 

The Office shared that the number of male voters is 123,491 and the female voters are 130,906. 

District Election Officer Bikas Lamsal said that Vyas Municipality has the highest number of voters and Devghat Rural Municipality has the lowest number in the district. 

He said there are 136,118 voters in constituency 1 and 118,279 voters in constituency  2 in Tanahun district. 

Lamsal stated that 309 voting centers have been managed in the district. 

The Election Commission had collected the voters' names from September 26 to November 21, 2025 by targeting the upcoming elections to the House of Representatives. 

The Election Commission on Sunday appointed the Chief Returning Officers and Returning Officers in all districts to conduct the elections to the House of Representatives (HoR)  slated for March 5.

The EC appointed 77 district judges as the Chief Returning Officers as per Clause 8 of HoR Act, 2074 BS. 

The meeting of the Commission took the decision to appoint the district judges as the Chief Returning Officers and the second class officers from the judicial service as the Returning Officers as per the recommendation of the Judicial Service Commission effective from January 9, according to the EC.

The Chief Returning Officers and Returning Officers have been asked to be deployed in their concerned election constituencies from January 16. 

The EC has also asked to open and run the offices of the Chief Returning Officers and Returning Officers as well as conduct the election programs in the districts for the March 5 poll.