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Dushanbe mayor urges to rehabilitate idle private enterprises

Dushanbe Mayor Rustam Emomali has given owners of Dushanbe-based idle private enterprises six months to rehabilitate their enterprises, according to the Dushanbe mayor’s office.

16:09, november 7, 2018

Tajik ex-soccer play charged with public calls for carrying out extremist activity faces extradition from Belarus

Tajik ex-soccer player Parviz Tursunov who was detained in the Belarusian capital of Minsk on September 18 under a Tajik extradition request has applied for getting the status of refugee in Belarus.

15:12, november 7, 2018

CENTRAL ASIA

Kazakhstan’s national air carrier launches a low cost airline, FlyArystan

Kazakhstan’s Air Astana plans to begin operating its own low-cost airline named FlyArystan in mid-2019 with four of its Airbus A320s in an all-economy, 180-seat configuration, according to

14:39, november 7, 2018

Qatari company implementing Dushanbe Diar Project interested in participating in other projects in Tajikistan

Qatari company implementing the Dushanbe Diar Project in the Tajik capital is reportedly interested in participating in other investment projects in Tajikistan.

12:01, november 7, 2018

Access to Asia-Plus website and social networking sites blocked in Tajikistan again

Access inside Tajikistan to Asia-Plus website and social networking sites has been blocked again. Internet users across the country now are able to open these websites only via proxies.

11:20, november 7, 2018

WORLD

The 2nd Moscow-format consultations on Afghanistan expected to take place on November 9

The 2nd Moscow-format consultations on Afghanistan will take place in the Russian capital on November 9, according to the Russian MFA’s website.

10:51, november 7, 2018

U.S. Embassy accepts applications for the 2019 Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation

The U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe announces that it is accepting applications for the 2019 Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP). According to the U.S.

10:44, november 7, 2018

INCIDENTS

Residents of Khorog gather for protest rally demanding probe into police shooting

At least 100 people, mainly young people, gathered in Khorog, the capital of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO), yesterday for protest rally demanding an investigation into an incident in

16:59, november 5, 2018

Rahmon pays working visit to his hometown

On Monday November 5, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon began a working visit to his hometown Danghara in Khatlon province, according to the Tajik president’s official website.

15:53, november 5, 2018

WORLD

Iranian president vows to break US sanctions

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has vowed to break sanctions re-imposed by the US targeting core parts of the country’s economy.

15:23, november 5, 2018

WORLD

Toughest ever US sanctions against Iran take force

The United States has re-imposed punitive measures targeting the Iranian oil and financial sectors in the toughest sanctions ever placed against Iran.

14:20, november 5, 2018

Tomorrow is day-off in Tajikistan on the occasion of Constitutional Day

Tomorrow is day-off in Tajikistan on the occasion of Constitutional Day.

11:43, november 5, 2018

Residents of apartment building subject to demolition and real estate developer come to settlement

After long debates, residents of an apartment building subject to demolition and the real estate development company, Shahri Zeboi Man, have reportedly reached settlement on the compensation issues.

10:58, november 5, 2018

NBT expected to issue new 10-, 20-, 50-, 100- and 500-somoni banknotes with additional protective elements

Economic growth in Central Asia is expected to moderate in 2018 and 2019, reflecting a need for fiscal consolidation in the region and slower growth in the extractive sector, the European Bank for

10:27, november 5, 2018

Tajikistan’s economy supported by higher fixed investment and continuing recovery in remittance, says EBRD report

Economic growth in Central Asia is expected to moderate in 2018 and 2019, reflecting a need for fiscal consolidation in the region and slower growth in the extractive sector, the European Bank for

10:19, november 5, 2018

LAW-ORDER

Ex-minister’s son gets a jail term of only one year for beating police officer

A court in Dushanbe’s Shohmansour district sentenced Dilovar Gulov, the son of ex-Minster Gul Sherali, to one year in prison on November 2.

16:37, november 2, 2018

Tajik leader receives Saudi interior minister

On Friday November 2, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon met here with Saudi Interior Minister Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

15:57, november 2, 2018

Rahmon receives LDPR leader

On Friday November 2, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon received a group of members of the State Duma (Russia’s lower house of parliament) led by leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia

15:21, november 2, 2018

Government again asks parliament to exempt construction of National Theater and Ismoili Somoni Hotel from paying taxes

A draft law on the national budget for 2019 that was sent for consideration to the Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament) this week reportedly provides for tax

14:37, november 2, 2018

Asia-Plus launches new project – Media Literacy School

Asia-Plus Media Group has launched a new project – Media Literacy School, which will not only teach users how to identify difference between true information and fake information but will also

11:22, november 2, 2018

ITC supports Tajikistan companies to attend China International Import Expo

Tajik enterprises for the first time join hundreds of companies worldwide to showcase products and services at the China International Import Expo (CIIE), the world’s 1st professional and

11:13, november 2, 2018

Tajikistan raises accounting index

Tajikistan has raised the accounting index, which is used for payment of taxes, duties and fines.

10:57, november 2, 2018

One more street to be closed in Dushanbe for repairs

A street from Firdavsi Park to Korvon Bazaar through Zebo Shop will be closed for repairs.

10:38, november 2, 2018

Tajik premier attends session of the CIS Council of Heads of Government in Astana

Tajik Prime Minister Qohir Rasoulzoda is attending a session of the CIS Council of Heads of Government that is going in the Kazakh capital of Astana today.

17:09, november 1, 2018

LAW-ORDER

Jail term of 18 year for murder of former wife

The Dushanbe city court has sentenced Bobojon Shirinov, who brutally killed his former wife, to 18 years in prison.

16:29, november 1, 2018

SECURITY

Tajikistan reportedly reaches 86 percent of the autumn conscription campaign target

By November 1, Tajikistan has reached 86 percent of the autumn conscription campaign target, Orif Nozimiyon, the chief spokesman for the Ministry of Defense (MoD), told Asia-Plus in an interview.

16:16, november 1, 2018

Tajikistan falls three spots in the World Bank’s Doing Business report

The World Bank’s Doing Business report compares business regulation environments across economies and encourages them to compete towards more efficient regulation.

15:11, november 1, 2018