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Tajikistan, ADB sign US$40 million grant to strengthen STEM secondary education

The Government of Tajikistan and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed a $40 million grant to help strengthen science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in secondary education,

11:16, december 27, 2023

Police officer in Uzbekistan gets jail term of 15 years for raping a 13-year-old girl

Uzbek media reports say a police officer in Tashkent has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for raping a 13-year-old girl. Kun.

10:52, december 27, 2023

POLITICS

Informal meeting of the CIS heads of state held in St. Petersburg yesterday

An informal meeting of the leaders of the CIS member countries took place at the Konstantin Palace in St. Petersburg on December 26.

10:13, december 27, 2023

Mufti of Russia dissatisfied with Tajik authorities’ work with migrants working in Russia

Mufti Albir Krganov, Head of the Spiritual Assembly of Muslims of Russia, say religious leaders of Central Asia’s nations should work more actively with migrants working both in Russia and

17:18, december 26, 2023

POLITICS

Some experts believe that world powers’ interest in Central Asia will decline in 2024

An article posted on CABAR.

16:31, december 26, 2023

WORLD

The Afghan national currency recovers in part because some aid flows resume

The Telegraph reported on December 25 that Afghanistan’s exchange rate story is one of remarkable recovery over the past year, taking the country’s national currency, the afghani, to

16:03, december 26, 2023

INCIDENTS

Four teens attack courier in St. Petersburg just because he was not Russian

A 26-year-old courier – the citizen of Tajikistan – contacted the police station in St.

15:08, december 26, 2023

Man from Rasht district fined for beating his children

A court in Rasht district (Rasht Valley in eastern Tajikistan) has imposed a fine of 11,560 somonis on local man.

14:30, december 26, 2023

Tajikistan in second place globally in terms of the import of wheat from Kazakhstan

Tajikistan is in the second place globally in terms of the import wheat from Kazakhstan.

11:31, december 26, 2023

Tajik parliament ratifies US$20 million loan agreement signed with SDF

Sadoi Mardum newspaper, a mouthpiece of Tajikistan’s parliament, says the Majlisi Namoyandgon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament) on December 22 ratified a US$20 million loan

11:11, december 26, 2023

Former chief of Kazakhstan’s border service gets a lengthy jail term for abuse of power and bribery

Kazakh media reports say the military court of the Almaty garrison sentenced Darkhan Dilmanov, former Director of the Border Service also former Deputy Chairman of the National Security Committee

10:36, december 26, 2023

Dushanbe cement plant shut down

The Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) Cementi Tojik (Tajik Cement), which operates the Dushanbe cement plant, has announced its closure and the cement plant has been shut down.

10:03, december 26, 2023

INCIDENTS

Avalanches are expected in mountainous areas

Citing weather forecasters, the Emergencies Committee under the Government of Tajikistan warns that avalanches are expected in mountainous areas of the country in the coming days.

15:06, december 25, 2023

POLITICS

Emomali Rahmon leaves for St. Petersburg for participation in informal CIS summit

President Emomali Rahmon today morning left Dushanbe for St. Petersburg for participation in an informal meeting of CIS presidents that will take place there on December 26.

14:47, december 25, 2023

WORLD

Patriarch Kirill warns about the threat of Russia losing its identity due to the influx of migrants

Russia may lose its cultural identity if the culture of labor migrants attracted from abroad begins to dominate.

14:01, december 25, 2023

Tajikistan, Kazakhstan vow to boost bilateral cooperation in information technology sector

Tajikistan and Kazakhstan have vowed to boost bilateral cooperation in the information technology sector.

13:17, december 25, 2023

SECURITY

Several Tajikistanis reportedly detained in Germany and Austria on suspicion of planning terrorist attacks

German media reports said on December 23 that the Islamist terrorist cell had planned terrorist attacks in Germany and Austria. Several arrests were reportedly made.

12:05, december 25, 2023

WORLD

Russian chargé d'affaires to Iran summoned to Iranian MFA over Moscow meddlesome stance on Persian Gulf Islands

Iranian media reports say the Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian charge d’affaires on December 23 in the absence of the country’s ambassador.

11:47, december 25, 2023

LAW-ORDER

Tajik opposition activist arrested in Dushanbe after deportation from Germany

Relatives of Tajik opposition activist Bilol Qurbonaliyev, who was deported from Germany for allegedly violating immigration rules, told Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service on December 22 that he

11:20, december 25, 2023

Tajik insurance company described among World Finance Insurance Awards 2023

Tajikistan’s insurance company, BIMA Life Insurance, has been described among winners of the World Finance Insurance Awards 2023.

10:32, december 25, 2023

Tajikistan receives new equipment from IAEA for studying glaciers in field conditions

The Glacier Research Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan has received new equipment from International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for studying glaciers in field conditions.

09:42, december 25, 2023

Kyrgyz president signs law on changing national flag design

The Kyrgyz president’s press service said on December 22 the Kyrgyzstan will partially change the design on the country's national flag, with a corresponding law signed by President of

09:29, december 25, 2023

POWER

President shakes up senior border guard officers

President Emomali Rahmon has introduced staff changes to the Main Border Guard Directorate of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS), according to the Tajik president’s official

09:07, december 25, 2023

Kyrgyz coal prices have more than doubled in northern Tajikistan

The unilateral closure by the Kyrgyz authorities of the Kyrgyz-Tajik border has led increase in coal prices in the Tajik northern province of Sughd.

15:42, december 22, 2023

Tajikistan, World Bank sign three grant agreements totaling 71 million US dollars

Tajikistan and the World Bank have signed three grant agreements totaling 71 million US dollars. The press center of the Ministry of Finance (MoF) says the documents were inked by Mr.

14:47, december 22, 2023

The ruins of a once mighty Silk Road kingdom discovered in Tajikistan

Karon is a Zoroastrian city in Darvoz district of Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region, or GBAO, located 6 km from Qalai-Khumb, the administrative center of Darvoz district and 1 km from the village of

11:21, december 22, 2023

Russian ambassador summoned to Uzbek MFA after Russian politician suggests annexing Uzbekistan

Media reports say the Russian Ambassador to Uzbekistan, Oleg Malginov, was summoned to the Foreign Ministry of Uzbekistan after Russian nationalist writer and politician Zakhar Prilepin said that

10:54, december 22, 2023

Tajikistan, OPEC Fund sign two loan agreement totaling 18 million US dollars

The OPEC Fund for International Development (OPEC Fund) provides 18 million US dollars to support inclusive education and boost connectivity in Tajikistan.

09:56, december 22, 2023

Tajikistan uses most foreign direct investment for extraction of mineral resources

The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) continues its series of EDB Monitoring of Mutual Investments (MMI) publications.

16:30, december 21, 2023