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The U.S. Government supports women entrepreneurs in Farah 2018 competition

The National Association of Business Women of Tajikistan (NABWT) has announced the winners of the Farah 2018 Woman Entrepreneur of the Year competition. According to the U.S.

17:40, august 24, 2018

Grand Prize winner of the Female Entrepreneur of the Year contest elected in Dushanbe

An awarding ceremony for the winnes of the “Female Entrepreneur of the Year” contest has taken place at Hyatt Regency Hotel in Dushanbe.

16:31, august 24, 2018

"People call and ask questions even at night": how free lawyers work in the Tajik remote places

In several regions of Tajikistan, anyone can get free assistance from local lawyers - how does it work?

16:20, august 24, 2018

Central Asian guest workers help staunch the population decline in Kamchatka

Kamchatka is the definition of remote, even in a vast country like Russia. Government subsidies dried up after the Soviet Union collapsed, driving a sharp rise in prices for basic necessities.

15:54, august 24, 2018

Dushanbe, Tashkent discuss opening of new border crossing points along the mutual border

Border services of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have begun studying the issue of opening new border crossing points (BCPs) along the mutual border The initiative to open new BCPs along

15:26, august 24, 2018

Tajik human rights lawyer Shuhrat Qudratov released

Tajik human rights lawyer Shuhrat Qudratov has been released. He has spent four years in Dushanbe-based penal colony # 3/4.

12:06, august 24, 2018

INCIDENTS

Main military prosecutor’s office launches probe into border guard suicide

The Main Military Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation into cause of suicide of a border guard who has hanged himself while being on leave in his native village in the Vakhsh

11:29, august 24, 2018

POWER

President expected to unveil Avicenna monument installed in new place on September 1

President Emomali Rahmon is expected to unveil the Abu Ali Sino (Avicenna) Monument installed in new place on September 1 this year, an official source at the Dushanbe mayor’s office told

10:57, august 24, 2018

Tajikistan’s citrus exports increase while Tajikistan’s melon export decline

This year, fruit harvests in Tajikistan have reportedly increased nearly one-third compared to the last year. “This year, Tajikistan has produced 101,438 tons of various fruits, which is 31.

10:17, august 24, 2018

WORLD

Man shoots and wounds police officer in downtown Moscow

A police officer was shot and wounded near the Foreign Ministry building in Moscow yesterday evening.

09:36, august 24, 2018

Some areas of Dushanbe to be left without electricity for seven hours today

Some areas of Dushanbe will be left without electricity for seven hours today in connection with routine maintenance work on power stations in these areas, according to the Dushanbe electricity

18:11, august 23, 2018

Tajik tourist police officers now work at daily wage of 250 somoni; tourists will pay them

The cost of tourism package for Tajikistan will be raised and this can scare already few tourists away.

16:54, august 23, 2018

INCIDENTS

Nurek after the last month’s terrorist attack in Danghara; people fear persecutions

Nurek is one of tourist destination cities in Tajikistan, but today, it residents are scared and avoid talking.

15:55, august 23, 2018

3 million undeclared Russian rubles seized at Khujand airport

Customs officers have seized 3 million undeclared Russian rubles at the Khujand airport, according to the press cente r of the Customs Service under the Government of Tajikistan.

15:23, august 23, 2018

CENTRAL ASIA

Kazakh-Chinese JV turns recycled plastic bottles into yarn and fabric

Kazakh-Chinese joint venture to recycle thermoplastic into staple fiber, which is used for manufacturing yearn and nonwoven fabric, has been launched in Kazakhstan’s Turkestan oblast.

12:13, august 23, 2018

Rahmon to participate in summit of IFA founders in Turkmenistan

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon will head to Turkmenistan tomorrow to participate in a summit of founders of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS), a source in the Tajik government

11:43, august 23, 2018

SECURITY

Tajikistan participates in a multi-nation counter-terror war game in Russia

Tajikistan is participating in “Peace Mission-2018”, a multi-nation counter-terror war game, under the aegis of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) that is going on in the Russian

11:04, august 23, 2018

Prime minister to finance rehabilitation of 5 kilometers of road in his native village

Prime Minister Qohir Rasoulzoda has decided to finance rehabilitation of five kilometers of a road in his home village – Khistevarz jamoat in Bobojon-Ghafourov district, Sughd province.

10:41, august 23, 2018

Amnesty International calls on the Tajik authorities to immediately quash Mirsaidov’s conviction

Amnesty International notes that release of independent journalist Khayrullo Mirsaidov is a rare victory for freedom of expression in Tajikistan.

10:22, august 23, 2018

New verdict on Mirsaidov important for Tajikistan’s image, says Press Attaché at U.S. Embassy

“We are glad that the Sughd court considered Khayrullo Mirsaidov's appeal of his sentence and released him,” Mr. Gershom Sacks, acting Press Attaché at U.S.

19:21, august 22, 2018

«There are such stories - films can be shot»: how free lawyers work in the Tajik remote places

In several regions of Tajikistan, anyone can get free assistance from local lawyers. How does it work?

17:35, august 22, 2018

Khayrullo Mirsaidov released

By ruling handed down by the Sughd regional court Khayrullo Mirsaidov has been released.

16:28, august 22, 2018

WORLD

Taliban expected to travel to Moscow for peace talks next month

Media reports say the Afghan Taliban will travel to Moscow for peace talks next month in a high-profile embrace of public diplomacy that will be a landmark for the group and their Russian hosts after

15:48, august 22, 2018

Merchants complain to Dushanbe mayor over delay in payment of compensations to them

Dushanbe authorities are delaying payment of compensations to 107 merchants for demolition of their shops at the former Shohmansour Bazaar and the merchants have decided to complain to the mayor.

14:50, august 22, 2018

Nobody allowed to attend the appeal hearings for the journalist Khayrullo Mirsaidov

The appeal hearings for the journalist Khayrullo Mirsaidov began at the Sughd regional court in Khujand today.

14:25, august 22, 2018

Khayrullo Mirsaidov’s friend, journalist and filmmaker Michael Andersen, initiates the #FreeKhayrullo campaign on Twitter

An Article “Can Social Media Help Deliver Justice in Tajikistan?

11:51, august 22, 2018

SECURITY

UN Security Council extends sanctions against Gulmurod Halimov

The UN Security Council has extended sanctions against GulmurodHalimov. This disproves reports about his death.

11:24, august 22, 2018

WORLD

US, Pakistan welcome ceasefire announcement

The United States and Pakistan have both called on the Taliban to respect the ceasefire, saying it will hopefully be for an extended period of time.

11:05, august 22, 2018