IGP RANA’S TEURE BEING EXTENDED Kathmandu, 17 Feb.: A proposal is being presented at the outgoing cabinet Sunday to extend the tenure of IGP Kuber Singh Rana. Maoists and the Madeshbadi Morcha in government are presenting a major proposal at the cabinet to extend the police service tenure to 32 years. IGP Rana’s tenure will be automatically extended when the service tenure of police is extended, a radio report said Sunday morning. Government has been doling out favours, including cash incentives to supporters and institutions close to it. nnnn NEPAL, BANGLADESH COMMERCE TALKS Kathmandu, 17 Feb.: Joint-secretary level commerce talks are being held between Nepal and Bangladesh in Dhaka Sunday .to discuss zero tariff for Nepali exports. Bangladesh made the offer seven months ago. The proposal will be discussed at the secretary level after conclusion of the dhakatalks. Officials of the two South Asian states will also discuss Nepal’s overseas trade through Bangldeshi ports. Nnnn NEPALI COLLECTS GOLD IN SPECIAL OLYMPICS Kathmandu, 17 Feb.: When a shy ‘mentally retarded’ boy first joined Nav-ajyoti Centre for the Mentally Disabled Children at Baluwatar 12 years ago, little did he and his teachers know that he would one day shine and make the country proud, Samik Kharel writes in The Kathmandu Post.. At 26 now, Amit Yogi made history when he won a gold medal in the 25-metre ‘snowshoeing’ race at the Special Olympics 2013 World Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea. Around 2,300 atheletes from around the world took part in the biggest sporting event for people with intellectual disabilities through January 29-February 5 in the South Korean city, the hub of winter sports and the venue for the 2018 Winter Olympics. As Nepal does not have snowshoeing facilities, Yogi got acquainted with the sport after he reached Korea and just before the preliminary rounds of the event, his coach, Ganesh Parajuli, told the Post. “I was confident that I would win,” a beaming Yogi said at the Navajyoti Centre, a school in Kathmandu for children with intellectual disabilities. According to Parajuli, Yogi, who originally hails from Dang district, learnt the tricks of the game soon after his first drill. “He bagged the medal, defeating participants from seven nations running alongside him,” he said. Parajuli, who is also the National Sports Director, selected Yogi for the Olympics because of his ‘oozing confidence.’ Navajyoti principal Sister Suma of the Catholic congregation of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth (SCN), said Yogi is ‘one of the most confident and talented’ among the 93 students in the school. “He is one of the few students who can communicate and hold conversations, while many cannot,” she said, adding that Yogi can now do basic reading and writing along with other ‘ordinary tasks.’ Yogi said his experience in South Korea was a memorable one. “Korea is very different from Nepal. There was a lot of snow everywhere. The roads looked tidy and beautiful. And everything was very systematic,” he said, quickly adding that he wished his country had similar facilities. Yogi dreams of becoming a coach himself. “I would like to train children like me.” Parajuli said he is planning to train Yogi and, “maybe in the near future. I will appoint him an assistant coach.” The SCN sisters first opened the Navajyoti Centre in Kathmandu in 1978, while they now run two other schools in Dharan and Surkhet. nnnn