Overview
- President U. Khurelsukh opened the new Bayan-Ölgii Unified Hospital, which now performs joint replacements and cancer surgeries so patients no longer need to travel to Ulaanbaatar.
- Oyu Tolgoi detailed its water system, saying it draws from deep aquifers approved in 2011, reuses 86.7% of treated water, tracks volumes with metered wells, undergoes regular audits, and pays water fees to the Ömnögovi budget.
- Former prime minister L. Oyun-Erdene filed 894 pages to the Anti-Corruption Agency alleging Justice Minister B. Enkhbayar took $1.3 million in cash tied to deals, a claim now with investigators and not proven in court.
- Protesters rallied against the planned Tuul River highway after work began, while Ulaanbaatar’s deputy mayor T. Davaadalai defended the project’s cost and said it will not affect the capital’s drinking water source.
- Parliament is debating tighter tobacco controls that would regulate e‑cigarettes, ban sales to minors, and raise excise taxes, as health officials report 2,851 tuberculosis cases and 182 deaths last year and warn about rising youth nicotine use.