Mongolian students have dressed in “deel” on Wednesday for celebrating Independence Day. Nearly 30,000 students and 1,800 teachers from 34 schools participated in the “Traditional Costume Day” on 27 December.

Mongolian state-honoured author and ‘poet of the people’ B.Lkhagvasuren has been diagnosed with stomach cancer. According to his family, over MNT 100 million is needed for his surgery.

A new meat producing plant with the capacity of butchering 100 head of cattle, 500 head of sheep and goats a day has begun operation in Darkhan-Uul province.

The Mongolian Health Ministry has decided to vaccinate children who live in the most air-polluted areas of Ulaanbaatar to prevent pneumonia. Children aged between 2 and 9 months will receive a pneumonia vaccine.

The annual New Year’s party will be held on Sukhbaatar square on the night of 31 December. Hundreds of Mongolians will welcome in 2018 on the nation’s main square with live music and fireworks.

News.mn can confirm that the fuel price of A-92 is to increase. Petrol-importing companies have said that they have not raised the fuel price of A-92 despite fuel reserves being low.

Mongolia’s traditional herders are bracing themselves for winter as frigid temperatures and heavy snow are predicted for the coming days. Already, 40 percent of Mongolia is covered with thick snow.

In order to help reduce the seasonal spread of flu, Prime Minister U.Khurelsukh has authorised several ministries to extend the holiday break for secondary schools.

News.mn, the first Mongolian news website, names the country’s Top 5 highlights in political, economic and sporting events.

Drug abuse is an increasing problem around the world; Mongolia is no exception.