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Wages, pensions and student grants will not be raised this year

Wages, pensions and student grants will not be raised this year because the budget for this year has not earmarked funds for these purposes, according to the Ministry of Finance (MoF).

15:40, march 13, 2019

Mass measles vaccination for migrants expected to be launched in Russia next month

Mass measles vaccination for migrants is expected to be launched in the Russian Federation next month.

15:02, march 13, 2019

Concert of Japanese band “Denshya” will be held in Dushanbe next week

A Japanese folk music concert of the Japanese band “Denshya” will take place at the Assembly Hall of Russian-Tajik Slavonic University in Dushanbe on March 18, from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm.

14:50, march 13, 2019

Apartment prices expected to go up in Dushanbe

Real estate development companies now have to transfer payment equal to 23.00 U.S. dollars per each square meter in residential buildings to the country’s budget.

11:31, march 13, 2019

LAW-ORDER

Top manager of real estate development company gest lengthy jail term for fraud

Top manager of Soyuz-Sokhtmon LTD (Dushanbe-based real estate development company) has got a lengthy jail term though he has returned money to his customers.

11:07, march 13, 2019

Major part of Tajik capital will be left without electricity for seven hours today

Major part of Tajik capital will be left without electricity for several hours today in connection with routine maintenance work on power stations in these areas, according to the Dushanbe

10:50, march 13, 2019

GBAO governor calls on Pamiris living abroad to support development of the region

New governor of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO), Yodgor Fayzov, has called on Pamiris living abroad to support development of the region with their knowledge and abilities.

10:11, march 13, 2019

New samples of uniform for Tajik police officers presented in Dushanbe

Potential donors for Tajik police reform program have got acquainted with new samples of uniform for officers of internal affairs agencies of Tajikistan.

09:36, march 13, 2019

No IS kids left behind: Tajikistan to repatriate dozens of Islamic State children from Iraq

As Islamic State's attempt to establish a caliphate crumbles, many countries are turning their backs on children born into the extremist group. Tajikistan is not one of those countries.

17:04, march 12, 2019

CENTRAL ASIA

Uzbekistan national air carrier receives first Airbus A320 Neo of two ordered

Uzbekistan Airways has received one of the two Airbus A320 Neo aircrafts it had ordered, the Uzbek national air carrier said in a statement on March 11.

16:52, march 12, 2019

Rahmon receives IMF mission head

On Tuesday March 12, President Emomali Rahmon received Ms.

16:34, march 12, 2019

The first of 13 root DNS servers introduced into operation in Tajikistan

Tajik Internet service provider (ISP) Eastera has introduced one of 13 root DNS servers into operation in Tajikistan under support of RIPE NCC Association.

16:09, march 12, 2019

Tajik authorities intend to collect VAT from foreign companies providing electronic services in Tajikistan

Foreign providers of electronic services to Tajik customers will be obliged to pay the value added tax (VAT).

15:17, march 12, 2019

Antimonopoly Agency’s decision to allow raising mobile Internet prices affects consumers, says expert

Antimonopoly agency’s decision to allow the communications service agency to raise mobile Internet prices will affect consumers, Faridoun Shoinbekov, the deputy head of the Tajik

11:24, march 12, 2019

LAW-ORDER

Driver found guilty of accident leaving nine deaths could face up to ten years in prison

The prosecutor’s office in the Darvoz district of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) has taken the case of Arabsho Kukaniyev, the driver who was found guilty of accident leaving nine

10:59, march 12, 2019

Exhibition of portraits of sunny children from Tajikistan held in London

An exhibition of portraits of sunny children (children with Down syndrome) from Tajikistan, dubbed “The Invisible Rays of Sun of Tajikistan”, was held in Teddington, an affluent area of

10:15, march 12, 2019

LAW-ORDER

School principal from Shahrinav suspected of embezzling state funds

Principal of School No 31 in Shahrinav district, Mukhtorali Murodov, is suspected of embezzling state funds.

09:59, march 12, 2019

WORLD

The first connecting Eurasia dialogue expected to take place in Brussels this week

The First Connecting Eurasia Dialogue – from the Atlantic to the Pacific is expected to be held in Brussels on March 15.

09:51, march 12, 2019

New architectural complex will be built in Dushanbe

A new 121-meter architectural complex, dubbed “Istiqloliyat va Ozodi” (Independence and Freedom), will be built in Dushanbe on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Tajikistan’s

17:29, march 11, 2019

University of Central Asia architect wins Pritzker Prize

Arata Isozaki, the renowned Japanese architect, and designer of the master plan of the University of Central Asia (UCA), has won the coveted Pritzker Architecture Prize for 2019, according to UCA

17:10, march 11, 2019

Intranet calls expected to rise tenfold in cost in Tajikistan

Intranet calls are expected to rise tenfold in cost in Tajikistan. Internet calls will probable rise in cost as well.

15:56, march 11, 2019

What do I celebrate on 8th March International Women’s Day

It is a day to internationally recognize women’s achievements irrespective of their nationality, ethnicity, cultural, economic or political background.

15:43, march 11, 2019

POLITICS

New U.S. Ambassador John Mark Pommersheim arrives in Dushanbe

New U.S. Ambassador to Tajikistan, John Mark Pommersheim, arrived in Dushanbe on March 10, according to the U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe.

15:29, march 11, 2019

Art Foundation proposes to install all dismantled statues in Victory Park

All dismantled statues and busts are now stored in warehouses of Tajikistan’s Art Foundation and the Art Foundation proposes to install all dismantled statues in Dushanbe’s Victory Park.

14:43, march 11, 2019

POLITICS

Development of Iran-Tajikistan relations essential at all levels, says Iranian parliament speaker

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani stressed that the development of Iran-Tajikistan relations is essential at all levels, especially in the economic field, according to the Islamic Republic

11:41, march 11, 2019

The work on rehabilitation of the Nurek hydropower plant will start this moth

The work on rehabilitation of the Nurek hydroelectric power plant (HPP) will officially begin this month. The rehabilitation work is expected to take five years.

11:10, march 11, 2019

POLITICS

Outgoing Iranian ambassador bids farewell to Tajik minister of culture

Outgoing Iranian Ambassador to Tajikistan Hojjatollah Faghani at the end of last week conferred here with Tajik Minister of Culture Shamsiddin Orumbekzoda at the end of his tenure to the Republic of

10:37, march 11, 2019

Tajikistan marks the Tajik Press Day today

Tajikistan marks the Tajik Press Day today.

10:19, march 11, 2019

Tajikistan participates in the world's leading travel trade fair in Berlin

Representatives of twenty-one Tajikistan tourist companies have participated in the ITB Berlin (Internationale Tourismus-Börse Berlin) to present the country’s tourism opportunities.

09:36, march 11, 2019