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Tajikistan increases its electricity exports significantly

Over the first quarter (January-March) of this year, Tajikistan has earned more than 8.6 million US dollars from the electricity exports, which is 17.

16:02, april 18, 2023

The Fund of the Leader of Nation turns five years old, but it is still inactive

Five years ago, on April 19, 2018, Tajikistan’s lower house (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament (Majlisi Oli) endorsed a draft law on amendments to the country’s law on state finances.

15:17, april 18, 2023

Transport ministry takes measures to improve infrastructure of rural roads

The Ministry of Transport (MoT) has instructed heads of road management agencies and road supervision agencies of regions, cities and districts to take adequate measures to ensure regular operation

11:24, april 18, 2023

CENTRAL ASIA

Kazakhstan accredits Afghan diplomats representing Taliban government

Media reports say Kazakhstan has accredited Afghan diplomats representing Taliban government.

10:55, april 18, 2023

POWER

Chiefs of about twenty police departments replaced across Tajikistan

Tajik president’s official website says that the Interior Ministry in coordination with President Emomali Rahmon has replaced chiefs of seventeen police departments across the country.

10:33, april 18, 2023

POWER

President shakes up senior officials of the state holding company for public utilities

President Emomali Rahmon, who is also Head of the Government, yesterday signed government’s decrees on introducing staff changes in the State Unitary Enterprise (SUE) Khojagii Manziliyu

10:04, april 18, 2023

SECURITY

Kyrgyz president comments on Kyrgyz-Tajik border delineation problems

Kyrgyz media reports say Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov has commented on the issue of delineation of the disputed stretches of Kyrgyzstan’s common border with Tajikistan. Thus, 24.

17:06, april 17, 2023

NBT-produced bars go up on average by 20 percent

Prices for gold bars produced by the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT) have risen on average 20 percent since the beginning of the year.

16:15, april 17, 2023

CENTRAL ASIA

Outflow of ethnic Russians from Kazakhstan to their historical homeland declines over the past 3 years

CABAR.asia notes that the war between Russia and Ukraine has broken the trend of departure of ethnic Russians from Kazakhstan to Russia.

15:28, april 17, 2023

Kazakhstan to open its trade representation in Afghanistan

Kazakhstan will open a trade representation in Afghanistan, in a bid to strengthen trade relations between the nations, Kazakhstan prime minister’s official website reported on April 16.

12:09, april 17, 2023

Tajik foreign minister meets with his Uzbek counterpart in Samarkand to discuss cooperation

On Friday, April 14, Tajik Foreign minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin met in the Uzbek city of Samarkand with his Uzbek counterpart Bakhtiyor Saidov on the margins of the CIS foreign ministers’

11:58, april 17, 2023

A meeting of the CIS Council of Foreign Ministers held in Samarkand on April 14

A meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the CIS countries took place in the Uzbek city of Samarkand on April 14.

11:38, april 17, 2023

Participants discuss cooperation between Central Asia and Russia in different fields

The sixth meeting of foreign ministers in the Central Asia + Russia format took place in the Uzbek city of Samarkand on April14.

11:02, april 17, 2023

Belarusian leader proposed to synchronously convert CUS judicial system

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko proposed CIS partners to reform the judicial systems in a coordinated manner as he met with the heads of the supreme courts of foreign countries in Minsk on

10:35, april 17, 2023

Iran sentences 10 military personnel to prison over downed Ukraine airliner

Media reports say the judiciary convicted and sentenced Iranian armed forces personnel over the 2020 downing of a Ukrainian airliner that killed all 176 people on board.

10:01, april 17, 2023

LAW-ORDER

Mullah jailed not for kicking guests out of his nephew’s wedding but for distribution of PMT’s videos

Imam of a mosque in Kushonion district of Khatlon province, Abdulhannon Mannonov has got a jail term not for kicking the musicians out of his nephew’s wedding but for watching and distributing

17:25, april 14, 2023

Tajikistan, China agree on rehabilitation of remaining sections of Dushanbe-Kulma highway

The possibility of attraction of Chinese funds for construction and rehabilitation of the remaining sections of the Dushanbe-Kulma highway were discussed here on April 12 at a meeting of Tajik

16:46, april 14, 2023

Chinese companies show interest in Tajikistan’s market

The opportunities of cooperation in different fields have been discussed at a meeting of top managers of the Tajikistan’s State Committee on Investment and State-owned Property Management

16:16, april 14, 2023

Somon Air top managers meet with Chinese delegation to discuss launching new air route to China

On Thursday, April 13, top managers of Tajikistan’s privately owned airline Somon Air met herewith with a delegation of China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), led by Kashgar

15:37, april 14, 2023

CENTRAL ASIA

It’s unlikely that the West will impose secondary hard-hitting sanctions against Central Asian nations

The European Commission announced the upcoming 11th package of anti-Russian sanctions, which will be now not against Russia, but against third countries supplying sanctioned goods to the Russian

11:58, april 14, 2023

Tajik FM holds separate meeting with his participating counterparts in Samarkand

Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin attended the fourth ministerial meeting of Afghanistan’s neighboring states with the participation of Tajikistan and six other countries.

11:23, april 14, 2023

Participants of the 4th ministerial meeting note importance of building an inclusive and broad-based governance system in Afghanistan

The Fourth Meeting of Foreign Ministers of Afghanistan’s Neighboring Countries that took place in Samarkand yesterday resulted in adoption of the Samarkand Declaration.

11:08, april 14, 2023

Participants of the 4th ministerial meeting conduct in-depth discussions on the Afghan issues

The fourth foreign ministers' meeting among neighboring countries of Afghanistan took place in the Uzbek city of Samarkand on April 13.

10:34, april 14, 2023

SOCIETY

How Jamshed/Joshua Popularizes Tajik Culture in the United States

Jamshed Khomidov (or Joshua Beaux) is a young man who has become known for his posts and videos on social media platforms where he popularizes Tajik culture in the United States.

10:29, april 14, 2023

Tajik capital to host international exhibition-fair next month

An international universal exhibition-fair, dubbed Tajikistan-2023, will open at the Kokhi Borbad State Complex in Dushanbe on May 4, says the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Tajikistan (CCI),

09:51, april 14, 2023

Tajikistan sees sharp rise in consumer price index inflation in March

The consumer price index (CPI) inflation in Tajikistan stood at 0.9 percent in March compared with 0.5 percent in January and 0.4 percent in February.

17:11, april 13, 2023

The debt burden on Tajikistan’s economy significantly decreases

Tajikistan’s public debt to GDP ratio decreased from 50 percent at the beginning of 2020 to 33.

16:26, april 13, 2023

SOCIETY

Tajik capital hosts handicraft festival

A handicraft festival is taking place in Dushanbe on February 14.

15:47, april 13, 2023

INCIDENTS

Damage caused by natural disasters to GBAO over Q1 2023 estimated at almost 16 million somonis

A meeting of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO)’s government was held this week to review the results of socio-economic development of the region over the first three months of this

15:17, april 13, 2023