FOR the first time in Ulaanbaatar a theater-goer will have the option of watching a play directed and performed the way he prefers. Manuukhai by young playwright D.Mendsaikhan, to be produced at the State Drama Theater from November 16,

EVEN with Asashoryu still under suspension, six Mongolian wrestlers are competing in this month’s elite division basho that began on November 10 at the Sumo Hall in Fukuoka.

Officials in Dubai said on Thursday they will seek permission to offer flights from the United Arab Emirates to Mongolia. Government officials said Mongolia will soon be approached about establishing the first-ever air route between the two countries.

Japanese media are reporting that disgraced Mongolian sumo grand champion, Yokozuna Asashoryu, will return to Japan to resume wrestling on November 23.

THE Democratic Party (DP) Council in Parliament has notified the Government as also Parliament’s Standing Committee on the Budget that it rejects the fiscal proposal for 2008 submitted by the Government. The DP wants budgeted administrative expenditures to be brought down from 47 percent to 35 percent of the country’s GDP.

DISCOVER Mongolia, an international mining conference to be held on November 8-9 at the Children’s Palace in Ulaanbaatar, will give an opportunity to about 800 foreign and local investors to talk directly with decision makers in the Government.