The Ulaanbaatar
Prosecutors’ Office  has forwarded to the
Investigation Department of the Anti-Corruption Authority (ACA) a letter N.Davaa,
a member of the Representatives’ Managing Council of the erstwhile Anod Bank,
sent it through his wife T.Oyungerel. This was his third letter from jail, all
of

Bayangol district
police nabbed a group of 15 robbers in a combined operation on May 12- 13
night. All those arrested are men between 20 and 25. They have for some time
been active in stealing mobile phones, picking pockets and lifting things

Prime Minister
S.Batbold is spending today in Ugtaaltsaidam, Bornuur and Batsumber soums of
Tuv aimag following the progress of spring planting with new technology. He
also will inaugurate the wheat storage elevator of Agro Complex LLC built with
money from the Agriculture Support Fund.
He

Having its own oil
refinery is the only way Mongolia can break out of its dependence on Russia for
its fuel needs. The Government wants a refinery to use the 120,000 tons of
crude drilled in Tamsag and 300,000 tons in Zuunbayan.
The

Russia has finally
agreed to supply 80,000 tons of diesel in May, according to the Mineral Resources
and Petroleum Authority (MRPA). This will meet the normal monthly demand of
34,000 tons plus this month’s special needs for spring planting.
The MRPA does not

The Standing Committee on the Economy and the Subcommittee
for SME Development yesterday held a joint discussion on the present and future
status of SMEs. The head of the Standing Committee, D.Zorigt, later answered our
journalist’s questions about the discussion.
How effective has the

The Chief of the Human Rights National Commission (HRNC),
J.Byambadorj, and one of its members, J.Dashdorj, left on Monday for Geneva, to
attend the three-day 24th Annual Meeting of the International Coordinating
Committee of national human rights organizations, beginning  on May 17.

The ICC

A working group headed by the Deputy Minister of
Mineral Resources and Energy, B.Ariunsan, was in Russia to seek more diesel and
their efforts yielded some result. Rosnefti would provide 30,000 tons of diesel
altogether in May and TNK LLC 13,000 tons. Officials

Neither President Ts.Elbegdorj nor any of the 76 MPs
replied to the charter of demands sent to them by Gal Undesten Union and United
Movements for Rivers and Lakes on Friday before the stipulated deadline expired
on Monday. However, the Head of the

Four-time Asian champion and World Draughts Federation
Grandmaster D.Erdenebileg is among the 20 players from 12 countries taking part
in the 10×10 World Draughts Championship 2011 being held in Emmeloord and Urk
in Holland from May 7 to 28. He was in joint