Overview
- With daytime temperatures forecast at −26°C to −28°C in the capital, officials repaired locked heated bus shelters and began reopening them today across all six central districts.
- Citywide reserve-meat sales start January 20 at 410 stores to ease shortages and stabilize prices, with Bayangol outlets pricing beef at 15,000 MNT/kg and mutton at 13,000 MNT/kg.
- City leaders reported movement on 16 megaprojects, citing 32.4% completion of Tuul expressway temporary works, 54% on the cable car, and an EPC+F tender under way for the first metro package, alongside plans for new parks at Nogoong Nuur and near Gandan.
- Police said they handled 18,517 investigations last week and sent 508 cases to prosecutors, as the Crime-Prevention Council advanced digitized reporting and broader camera coverage to curb urban crime.
- A court approved pretrial detention for former energy minister N. Tavinbekh under an ongoing corruption case, while separate media reports said Adam Kadyrov was seriously injured in a Grozny car crash, with key details still unconfirmed.