On Monday (4 January), the Mongolian Government took the decision to extend the second degree emergency situation in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar for five days due to the worsening pandemic situation. Therefore, UB residents will have to stay at

The number of COVID-19 infections in Mongolia rose to 1286 after 23 new cases were recorded in the past 24 hours, Mongolia’s National Centre for Communicable Diseases (NCCD) reported onMonday (1 January). A total of 19 people from epicenters of

A new world record for high air pressure has provisionally been set in a high mountain valley in Mongolia.
An automatic weather station in Tsetsen-Uul, in thewestern province of Zavkhan, recorded a mean sea-level pressure of 1,094.3 millibars along with bitter

Mongolia’s foreign exchange reserves reached 4.5 billion U.S. dollars at the end of this year, hitting an all-time high.
The record was attributed to measures taken by the Bank of Mongolia to ensure the stability and adequacy of foreign exchange reserves

Just before New Year’s Eve, the Mongolian Government passed a resolution on re-establishing the Children’s Fund and allocating 10 billion Mongolian Tugriks (3.5 million U.S. dollars) to kick-start it.
The fund, initiated by the Ministry of Culture, will be used for

Good Neighbors INGO provided 4,600 personal protective equipment (PPE) worth MNT 115,000,000 to the Ministry of Health to support healthcare workers and medical staff who are working in the frontline.
‘With the support of Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), Good

Mongolia’s central bank stated on Thursday that it has bought a total of 22 tons of valuable metals, mostly gold, since the start of 2020 from lawful entities and persons.
The Bank of Mongolia stated that this marks an upsurge of

At the end of each year, professional press bodies traditionally give awards to people and particular events of the past 12 months. News.mn has been naming “Person of the Year” since 2004.
This year, we have decided to name ‘Covid-19’ as

Today (30 December), Mongolia confirmed 20 new cases of coronavirus after testing 12828 people. Two passengers from a charter flight from Tokyo and 18 people from the General Hospital of Ulaanbaatar’s Bayanzurkh District have tested positive for Covid-19. It is

As night-time temperatures are set to fall to -35 C in the next days, consumption of processed fuel has increased by 41 percent in Mongolia’s capital Ulaanbaatar in December compared with the same month last year.
This is because the