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The president will address the parliament on December 22

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon will address a joint meeting of both chambers of the parliament on December 22, 2017, a reliable source in the parliament told Asia-Plus in an interview.

11:51, december 8, 2017

Babies' brains damaged by pollution, says UNICEF report

UN children’s agency warns that seventeen million babies under the age of one are breathing toxic air, putting their brain development at risk.

11:34, december 8, 2017

New Year’s action from First MicroFinance Bank-Tajikistan

Every New Year holiday, customers of the First MicroFinance Bank-Tajikistan (FMFB-T) get good discounts on all loan products.

11:02, december 8, 2017

Woman from Panj gets lengthy jail term for poisoning her husband’s relatives

A woman from the Panj district in the Khatlon province has got a lengthy jail term for poisoning her husband’s relatives and driving husband to commit suicide.

10:13, december 8, 2017

Vice-premier supports initiative to return children with disabilities from boarding schools to families

Deputy prime minister has supported an initiative to return children with disabilities from specialized boarding schools to families.

17:19, december 7, 2017

Free street libraries appear in Khorog

Street libraries in a form of modern bookcases with built in USB ports have appeared in Khorog, the capital of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO).

16:41, december 7, 2017

Social networks indignant at video of hunter killing Marco Polo Sheep

Social networks have been indignant at video of hunter killing Marco Polo Sheep. There is Mr.

15:44, december 7, 2017

Political heavyweights will put an end to border dispute between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, says Tajik official

Appointment of Prime Minister Qohir Rasoulzoda as co-chairman of the Tajik-Uzbek commission for delimitation and demarcation of Tajikistan’s common border with Uzbekistan is evidence of the

15:12, december 7, 2017

INCIDENTS

Woman stabs her husband to death following family quarrel

A young woman from the northern Sughd province has stabbed her husband to death following family quarrel.

15:01, december 7, 2017

Tajikistan’s High Economic Court tries to prove impartiality of Tajik courts

Tajikistan’s High Economic Court does not agree with an article published in a Chinese newspaper in October this year.

14:23, december 7, 2017

Tajik aluminum company experiences setback in production

The Tajik Aluminum Company (TALCO) is currently experiencing a serious setback in production. The company is incurring losses but it keeps silence.

12:09, december 7, 2017

Living with Dignity Report key findings

As part of a global campaign “16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence”, the UK Government jointly with implementing partners International Alert and CESVI together with local

11:54, december 7, 2017

INCIDENTS

Two killed, three injured in Shahriston traffic accident

Two persons were killed and three others injured on December 6 as a car and a truck collided in the Shahriston district Tunnel, Sughd province.

11:15, december 7, 2017

Prosecutor of Hisor refuses to institute criminal proceedings over the killing that happened 25 years ago

Prosecutor of the Hisor district, Tojiddin Ubaidulloyev, has refused to institute criminal proceedings over the case of the killing of imam of one of local mosques that happened twenty-five years ago.

10:30, december 7, 2017

Tajikistan establishes diplomatic relations with The Bahamas

Tajikistan has established diplomatic relations with the Commonwealth of The Bahamas.

10:11, december 7, 2017

Next session of Tajikistan’s upper house of parliament to take place in Dushanbe on December 21

Chairman of the Majlisi Milli (Tajikistan’s upper chamber of parliament), Mahmadsaid Ubaidulloyev, has signed resolution to convene the next 13th session of the Majlisi Milli of the fifth

09:49, december 7, 2017

Tajik Democrats expected to hold their 14th congress in December on December 23

The Democratic Party of Tajikistan (DPT) is expected to hold its next 14th congress in Dushanbe on December 23.

17:15, december 6, 2017

EDB reports decrease in Tajikistan’s interest in joining the Eurasian Economic Union

The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB)’s Integration Barometer-2017 notes that interest of citizens of Tajikistan in Tajikistan’s potential EEU (Eurasian Economic Union) accession has

16:46, december 6, 2017

Tajikistan’s national budget for 2018 earmarks more than 1.1 billion somoni for the external debt service

Tajikistan’s national budget for 2018 projects expenditure of more than 1.1 billion somoni (equivalent to 125 million U.S. dollars) for the external debt service, which is equal to 1.

15:43, december 6, 2017

MPs unanimously endorse amendments regarding fire safety proposed to the country’s Penal Code

Deputies of the Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament) today unanimously endorsed amendments proposed by the government to the country’s Penal Code.

15:19, december 6, 2017

Lower house of Tajik parliament endorses ratification of three loan agreements

Tajikistan’s lower house (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament has endorsed bills stipulating ratification of three loan agreements. A total cost of these loan agreements is 60 million U.S.

14:42, december 6, 2017

Installation of a 25-meter light-emitting New Year tree begins in Dushanbe

For the first time over the past several years, New Year trees will be installed in all four districts of Dushanbe.

11:48, december 6, 2017

SECURITY

One more member of ultraconservative Islamic group jailed in northern Tajikistan

The 31-year-old resident of the northern city of Panjakent (Sughd province) Shorukh Kamolov has been jailed for membership in an ultraconservative Islamic Salafist movement.

11:25, december 6, 2017

Relatives of jailed Tajik tycoon concerned over his health conditions

Relatives of the jailed Tajik tycoon Zayd Saidov are seriously concerned over his health conditions. His son Khairullo Saidov says they send cough and cold medicines to him every week.

11:23, december 6, 2017

CENTRAL ASIA

Afghan president visits Uzbekistan on mission to plug into Central Asia

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has visited Uzbekistan on a mission to plug his struggling nation into a region from which it has long been isolated, despite the tantalizing proximity, according to

10:47, december 6, 2017

Tajik and Uzbek leaders reportedly inspire trust in only 3 percent of Russians

According to the findings of an annual survey, Partners of Russia in Post-Soviet Area , conducted by the Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM), Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and Uzbek

10:12, december 6, 2017

Representatives of Tajik and Qatari business communities expected to meet soon to discuss cooperation

Representatives of business communities of Tajikistan and Qatar are expected to meet soon to discuss cooperation.

09:35, december 6, 2017

More than 90 expensive cell phones withdrawn from illegal sale in Dushanbe

More than 90 expensive cell phones, worth nearly 30,000 U.S. dollars, have reportedly been withdrawn from illegal sale in Dushanbe.

17:14, december 5, 2017

Rahmon shakes up diplomats

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, who is also Head of the Government, today signed decrees on replacement of a number of ambassadors and deputy foreign ministers, according to the Tajik

16:55, december 5, 2017