By Lucy Thompson “Perfume is an art.” This is the firm belief of Orchlon Narantsetseg. N.Orchlon, a Mongolian born lawyer working in the Netherlands, is passionate about fragrance collecting and has spearheaded a movement which is seeing fragrance loving develop at an incredible rate in this country. The Mongolian Fragrance Lovers Group on facebook currently [...]
By Rebecca Cook On April 14, Parliament approved the proposal to form the Tost Tosunbumba National Park in Umnugovi Province. The decision is a significant achievement for the continued struggle to protect the endangered snow leopard species that resides there, as well as for the global conservation effort. The new National Park status means that [...]
By Ch.KHALIUN The Ministry of Industry decided to increase customs tax tariffs by five to twenty percent for over 100 goods in 14 categories, a decision made under the ministry’s policy to support domestic products replacing imports. The Industry Ministry declared 2016 the year for supporting domestic production and sales. The ministry says it is [...]
By B.KHASH-ERDENE A newly built bridge in Tes soum of Uvs Province collapsed on Saturday during a heavy rain. The bridge was commissioned by the Roads and Transportation Ministry at the cost of 5.38 billion MNT and spans 325 meters. The concrete bridge was built by HKB International Holding LLC of China and became operational [...]
By E.OYUNDARI Acting Minister of Health and Sports Ts.Oyunbaatar delivered a report during Monday’s Cabinet meeting on the current state of the measles outbreak and measures the ministry has taken in response. Ts.Oyunbaatar said that as of April 25, 2016, a total of 17,357 cases of the measles were recorded nationwide, with 1,366 cases being [...]
By E.OYUNDARI During Monday’s regular Cabinet meeting, the Cabinet’s ministers approved the Good Students program to offer university students with loans for tuition. The Good Students program aims to enhance public access to higher education; to improve the competency, responsibility and independence of students; and to improve opportunities for students to study by supporting competition [...]
Professor Gunter Pauli says that an economy reaches sustainability when it is ensured that people’s basic needs are met by using what is locally available. Focusing on this, he developed a new business model to supply high quality goods at cheap prices to the market. Pauli proved in practice that this business model can bring [...]
By B.TUNGALAG The first Olympic Games World Qualifying Tournament to Rio 2016 in freestyle wrestling was held at Buyant-Ukhaa Sports Palace in Ulaanbaatar from April 22 to 24. More than 500 wrestlers from 80 countries competed for Olympic quotas. From Mongolia, Asian champion D.Khuderbulga (men’s 97 kg), International Sports Master Ts.Namuuntsetseg (women’s 48 kg), and [...]
Trans. by B.DULGUUN Meat is supplied to the capital from three eastern provinces of Mongolia. It used to take two months for three hired shepherds to collect 600 sheep from eastern provinces and bring them to Ulaanbaatar. It’s reported that the total cost of transportation amounted to 20 million MNT within the span of two [...]
By B.KHASH-ERDENE The Capital City Health Department announced that more than 300,000 people will be vaccinated with the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine. The immunization program will start next month and will primarily involve vulnerable groups such as students and children. The department advised young people to actively participate in the immunization program and prevent [...]
