The Chief of the Regulating
Department of Agriculture Policy of the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light
Industry has told the Uls Turiin Toim that this year’s harvest will begin on
August 20. Preliminary estimates of the yield will be made in the

B. Tserendorj Street, across
Peace Avenue in front of the State Department Store wears a new look. Some 4000
m2 of pavements have been repaired, and the fountain on the square has
resumed working. Benches and trash cans are in place, and grass

Ajnai Corp and the Union of Long
Song Singers are jointly organizing a festival of long song in Khui Doloon Khudag
on August 15. The original suggestion came from the Director of Urbanek LLC,
B.Lkhagvajav.

Three styles of singing will be
represented with the

Ulaanbaatar Railway posted a loss
of MNT16 billion in 2010. It also transported 5.7 million tons of coal, by far
its biggest item of freight, and so it has now decided to increase the coal transportation
rate by 15%. Transporting a ton coal

Honored Composer B. Dolgion has produced a CD where Jonon Band performs 15 songs by The Beatles accompanied by Mongolian musical instruments. Former Prime Minister S. Bayar suggested the idea. Dolgion chose Jonon Band as it performs contemporary music with

The State Specialized Inspecting Agency (SSIA) found 94 lapses when it checked the construction of 21 buildings in Ulaanbaatar. The lapses cover drawing, use of material and workmanship. The construction organizations found wanting include Nomin Holding LLC, Eco Construction LLC,

A team of doctors from the University
of Kyunki of South Korea started working in Tuv aimag on Thursday and
will be there until July 25. Deputy Prime Minister M.Enkhbold received
them in Ulaanbaatar on Thursday and thanked them for

The Government favors military personnel who retired before 1995 to get more pension and allowances and will submit to Parliament a draft law on this. Their pension is sought to be made 80% of average salary and those who stopped

Unconfirmed reports say the Anti-Corruption Authority is investigating MP Kh. Narankhuu on a charge of embezzling of billions of MNT from the Erdenet factory. It is also looking into charges that the President of the Mongol Bank, L.Purevdorj, misused Zoos

Yesterday’s scheduled meeting of the Representative Managing
Council of the Development Bank could not be held as South Korea has not yet
named the Executive Director of the Bank. The last date for this was July 20.

The meeting was meant to