Overview

• Parliament’s standing committees hold a Sept. 23 oversight hearing on the Khalzan büregtiin deposit after a field visit to Khovd, reviewing exploitation plans, environmental risks and agency actions before reporting back to the legislature.
• The Petitions Committee on Sept. 22 backed drafting a bill to abolish the 2% tax on real‑estate sales following 100,306 citizen signatures, with a study to go to the Budget Committee given the levy’s role in local revenues.
• The Traffic Police and clinicians highlighted surging injuries linked to shared scooters, mopeds and e‑bikes, citing five deaths since 2024 and 1,566 cases in the first seven months of 2025, as a draft law to set standards and age limits advances.
• The meteorological service warns of heavy rain and wet snow on Sept. 23 across parts of Tuv, Khentii and Dundgovi with slippery mountain passes, and a cooler forecast for Ulaanbaatar with light rain.
• Ulaanbaatar officials acknowledged ongoing heating and hot‑water outages in some apartment blocks and said the city may assume oversight of private condominium management offices to resolve unclear responsibilities.