A minor earthquake was felt in the Bugat soum in Bulgan, a central province of Mongolia  on Tuesday.  No damage, however, was reported.

Former President N.Enkhbayar is facing fresh allegations of corruption, fraud and breaching the law. According to G.Byasman attorney at the State General Prosecutor’s Office, his case is now being investigated.

Mongolia’s tugrik, the world’s worst-performing currency in August, is in its longest losing streak on record as the nation’s government seeks ways to stabilize an economy it says is in the grip of a crisis. The currency weakened a 22nd day to 2,243.50 per dollar as of 5:05 p.m. in the capital Ulaanbaatar, the lowest level in Bloomberg data going back to 1993. The tugrik’s 7.8 percent drop this month is the biggest among 154 currencies tracked by Bloomberg, taking its decline in 2016 to more tha

As we have reported, B.Bulgan the wife of S.Zorig, the “Golden Swallow of Democracy”, has been in prison awaiting trial since November in 2015.

Mongolian boxer E.Tsendbaatar in the men’s 56 kg category was defeated by Shakur Stevenson of the United States on 16th of August.

The transportation trial has already begun of the transit route from the Chinese Port of Tianjin, via Ulaanbaatar to the Russian city of Ulan-Ude.

Mongolian judoka L.Otgonbaatar will undergo surgery today (16th August) to repair a tendon.  The athlete got injured during the competition in the men’s -90 kg category for an Olympic bronze medal.

After 10 days, the USA is leading the Rio-2016 Olympic medals count, with 26 gold, 22 silver and 24 bronze, followed by UK (38), China(45) and Russia(30). Mongolia with two (silver, bronze), currently ranks 55th in the world in terms of medals.  Mongolian judoka D.Sumya won Olympic silver and boxer B.Otgondalai took bronze.

On 13th August, Mongolian boxer D.Otgondalai in the men’s 60 kg category won Reda Benbaziz of Algeria, thus qualifying for an Olympics bronze medal.

Mongolian judoka are continuing to make their country proud at Rio 2016.