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Tajikistan seeks Qatar’s financial support for completion of construction of Roghun hydropower plant

Tajik Minister of Economic Development and Trade Zavqi Zavqizoda met with Qatar’s Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani in

15:23, september 29, 2023

Kulob region owes a huge amount for electricity

Kulob region (Eastern Khatlon) of Khatlon province has owed a huge amount for electricity to date.

14:04, september 29, 2023

Rahmon holds working meeting to discuss adequate preparations for winter

President Emomali Rahmon held a working meeting on September 27 with the participation of Majlisi Milli (Tajikistan’s upper chamber of parliament) Speaker Rustam Emomali, who is also the Mayor

11:11, september 29, 2023

Tajik president starts his working visit to Germany

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon arrived in I Berlin on September 28 to participate in the first Meeting of "Central Asia - Federal Republic of Germany" Heads of State, the Tajik

10:46, september 29, 2023

Putin endorses construction of mosque in Southern Butovo

Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has shown support for the construction of a new mosque in Moscow, the Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov rote up on Telegram, according to Meduza .

10:29, september 29, 2023

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Kazakhstan will comply with the sanctions on Russia, says Kazakh president

Kazakhstan will definitely comply with sanctions on Russia, Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said yesterday following talks in Berlin with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, according

10:04, september 29, 2023

Tajik power utility company warns of power shortages in the country in autumn-winter period

A statement released by Barqi Tojik (Tajikistan’s power utility company) yesterday notes that 90 percent of electricity in Tajikistan is generated by hydropower plants and generation volume is

15:56, september 28, 2023

NASA hackathon 2023 expected to take place in early October

This year’s NASA International Space Apps Challenge will take place from October 7-8.

15:16, september 28, 2023

German leading business group welcomes Scholz's move to invite Central Asian leaders

Reuters reported on September 19 that a leading German business group has welcomed Chancellor Olaf Scholz's move to invite officials from Central Asian countries for talks in a bid to deepen

12:25, september 28, 2023

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One killed, 162 others injured in Thursday’s powerful blast in Tashkent

Media reports says one person was killed and 162 others injured by a powerful explosion that occurred at a warehouse in Uzbekistan’s capital, Tashkent early Thursday morning.

11:50, september 28, 2023

Tajikistan’s savings bank and EBRD agree on cooperation

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the state Savings bank of the Republic of Tajikistan, Amonatbonk, agreed to stimulate local currency lending to the real sector of the

11:35, september 28, 2023

Tajikistan plans to produce 1 million tons of hydrogen by 2040

Hydropower-rich Tajikistan plans to produce 1 million metric tons of green hydrogen by 2040 for usage at home and exports to neighboring Central Asian countries, the Minister of Energy and Water

11:02, september 28, 2023

EBRD forecasts strong economic performance in Central Asia

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)’s latest Regional Economic Prospects (REP) report says the economies of Central Asia demonstrated strong growth in the first half of

16:35, september 27, 2023

Qatar to host the first horticultural exhibition

Qatar’s capital, Doha, will host the International Horticultural Exhibition EXPO-2023.

16:26, september 27, 2023

Rahmon to attend the Central Asian and Germany president’s summit in berlin

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon will pay a three-day visit to Berlin, Germany from September 28 through September 30, according to the Tajik president’s press service.

15:09, september 27, 2023

Kabul denies UNSC members’ concerns about Daesh activities in Afghanistan

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has once again denied the concerns of the UN Security Council (UNSC) members about Daesh (the Arabic acronym for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL)

11:37, september 27, 2023

12th Conference of Ministers of Culture in the Islamic World stresses importance

The 12th Conference of Ministers of Culture in Islamic World kicked off in Qatar’s capital, Doha, on Monday (September 25) under the theme ''Toward renewing cultural action in the

10:38, september 27, 2023

President urges regional administrators to take adequate preparations for the winter

President Emomali Rahmon yesterday held phone talks with deputy prime minister in charge of agriculture, agriculture minister, governors of Khatlon and Sughd provinces and heads of Kuhistoni

09:59, september 27, 2023

Tajik judoka Temur Rahimov wins silver at Hangzhou Asiad

Tajikistan’s judoka Temur Rahimov won a silver medal in the men's +100kg category at the Hangzhou Asian Games on Tuesday.

09:30, september 27, 2023

Kazakhstan’s bank intends to open its branch in Tajikistan

Kazakhstan’s bank Freedom Finance has shown interest in opening its subsidiary or branch in Tajikistan, the bank head Aidos Zhumagulov stated this on September 20 during a meeting with Hokim

16:41, september 26, 2023

EBRD pledges new resources for green investment in Tajikistan

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is committing fresh funds to facilitating better access to green technologies and climate adaptation for businesses and households in

16:06, september 26, 2023

Tajik energy minister participates in “Central Asia + Japan” Ministerial Economic and Energy Dialogue

The Minister of Energy and water Resources of Tajikistan Daler Juma participated in the first meeting of Economy and Energy Ministers of the “Central Asia plus Japan” Dialogue that took

15:57, september 26, 2023

Tajik energy minister meets JICA vice president in Tokyo to discuss cooperation

As part of his working visit to Japan, the Minister of Energy and Water Resources of Tajikistan Daler Juma on September 25 met in Tokyo with Ms.

12:06, september 26, 2023

WFP builds bridges in Tajikistan, paving the way for rural prosperity

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Government of Tajikistan inaugurated two WFP-funded bridges over the Yaghnob River, at a ceremony attended by Rajabboy Ahmadzoda, governor of

11:53, september 26, 2023

Electricity being turned off in rural localities

And again, as in the past year, residential customers in some rural areas complain that they have not had electricity for several hours daily since September 21.

11:06, september 26, 2023

Dushanbe-Khorog-Kulma highway to become a part of multimodal transport corridor

Rehabilitation of the 92-kilometer road Qalai Khumb – Vanj – Rushan administrative border in the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region, or GBAO, will contribute to further development of

10:24, september 26, 2023

Domestic airports in Tajikistan handed over to the defense ministry

By government’s decree domestic airports that were managed by have been transferred from “the municipal property to the republican property and to the balance sheet of the Ministry of

17:32, september 25, 2023

Somon Mahmadbekov wins first gold of Hangzhou Asian Games for Tajikistan

Tajikistan claimed the first gold medal at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China after young judoka Somon Mahmadbekov, 24, finished first in the half-middleweight (−81 kg), defeating in final

17:03, september 25, 2023