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16:13, december 5, 2017

SOCIETY

Company constructing the National Theater of Tajikistan exempted from paying taxes in 2018

Construction is underway on what the Tajik president's official website boasts will be “Central Asia's largest theater.

15:52, december 5, 2017

LAW-ORDER

Two residents of Sughd sentenced over brutal killing of taxi driver

Two residents of the northern Sughd province have been sentenced to twenty-five years in prison each for the brutal assault of a 21-year-old taxi driver.

15:42, december 5, 2017

SOCIETY

Inauguration of Drinking water supply system in Tezgari poyon village, Guliston Jamoat of Rudaki District with financial support of Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

Funded by Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Oxfam in Tajikistan took actions to improve drinking water in Tezgari Poyon village of Rudaki Jamoat.

15:13, december 5, 2017

SOCIETY

Number of undernourished people in Tajikistan reported at 2.6 million

Tajikistan reportedly tops Central Asia’s nations in the number of undernourished people.

14:45, december 5, 2017

LAW-ORDER

Traffic police posts in Dushanbe to be replaced with traffic patrol units

Traffic police posts in Dushanbe will be replaced with traffic patrol units.

14:10, december 5, 2017

POLITICS

Constitutional courts of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan intend to sign memorandum of cooperation

Constitutional courts of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan intend to sign memorandum of cooperation.

11:51, december 5, 2017

INCIDENTS

Tajikistan not going to send additional forces to the Afghan border

A source at Tajikistan’s power-wielding structures says the Tajik authorities will not send additional forces to the Afghan border following the recent clashes between Tajik border guards and

11:28, december 5, 2017

WORLD

Yemen’s ousted president killed

International media reports say Yemen's ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh has been killed by Houthi rebels near the capital, Sanaa.

11:09, december 5, 2017

CENTRAL ASIA

Uzbekistan introduces single 30-day tourist visa

Uzbekistan has introduced a single 30-day tourist visa, according to UzReport news agency.

10:42, december 5, 2017

SOCIETY

Labor ministry advises labor migrants to get biometric passports

The Ministry of Labor, Migration and Employment of the Population of Tajikistan advises labor migrants traveling to Russia for seasonal work to get biometric passports.

10:05, december 5, 2017

INCIDENTS

Explosion in the building of the Interior Ministry’s office for Qurghon Teppa was reportedly a fatal accident

The Interior Ministry says an explosion that occurred in the building of the Interior Ministry’s office for Qurghon Teppa, the capital of the Khatlon province, was a fatal accident.

17:05, december 4, 2017

WORLD

Iran opens extension of Chabahar port that will help Iran become a key transit route to land-locked Central Asia

International media reports say Iran has opened a US$1 billion extension of its southeastern Chabahar port which Tehran hopes will help the country become a key transit route to land-locked

16:41, december 4, 2017

SOCIETY

Now only official service offices of mobile phone operators sell SIM cards

Now only official service offices of mobile phone companies in Tajikistan have the right to sell SIM cards.

16:02, december 4, 2017

SOCIETY

Tajik athletes get paid to train for the next Olympic Games

The road to the Olympics is a demanding one — not just physically and mentally, but also financially.

15:31, december 4, 2017

POLITICS

Dushanbe, Tashkent expected to resume border talks soon

Tajikistan and Uzbekistan are expected to resume border talks soon.

15:06, december 4, 2017

LAW-ORDER

Resident of Sughd gets lengthy jail term for killing his former wife and her sister

A resident of the Bobojon-Ghafourov district in the Sughd province has got a lengthy jail term for killing his former wife and her sister.

14:44, december 4, 2017

SOCIETY

Tajikistan, Russia works out agreements on organized recruitment of labor migrants and pensions for them

Minister of Labor, Migration and Employment of the Population, Ms.

14:06, december 4, 2017

SOCIETY

Korea supports enhancement of access to safe drinking water in Khatlon

The Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Tajikistan and ‘Good Neighbors’, a humanitarian NGO from Korea, have successfully completed the project of ‘Improvement of Access to the Safe

11:28, december 4, 2017

CENTRAL ASIA

Uzbekistan intends to launch commercial aviation

By president’s decree issued on December 2 a commercial aviation will be launched in Uzbekistan, according to the Uzbek president’s official website.

11:03, december 4, 2017

SOCIETY

Russia orders deportation of migrant advocate To Tajikistan

A Russian court has ordered the deportation of Karomat Sharipov, an advocate for Tajik migrants, who says he has never been a citizen of Tajikistan, according to Radio Liberty.

10:53, december 4, 2017

POWER

Dushanbe legislature to discuss the municipal development program for the period to 2025

The Dushanbe legislature (Majlis) is expected to discuss the municipal development program for the period to 2025 next week.

10:37, december 4, 2017

POLITICS

A meeting of SCO heads of government in Sochi results in signing of a joint communiqué

A broad range of issues related to economic and humanitarian cooperation was discussed at a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Heads of Government that took place in

10:04, december 4, 2017

INCIDENTS

One Tajik border guard killed, four others wounded in clashes with armed Afghan drug traffickers in Khatlon

One Tajik border guard has been killed and four others have been wounded in clashes with armed Afghan drug traffickers attempting to illegally cross the border river in the Tajik southern Khatlon

15:40, december 1, 2017

SOCIETY

Tajikistan’s population still characterized as rural

The World Bank’s report Cities in Europe and Central Asia notes that Tajikistan’s population has increased over the last years.

15:12, december 1, 2017

ECONOMY

Tajik MPs believe that the day is near when Tajikistan will turn into industrial-agrarian country

Tajik parliamentarians believe that Tajikistan will turn into industrial-agrarian country in the near future.

14:20, december 1, 2017

ECONOMY

International Bank of Tajikistan opens its banking service center in Buston

The International Bank of Tajikistan (IBT) has opened its banking service center in the northern city of Buston (formerly Chkalovsk), Sughd province.

12:02, december 1, 2017

SOCIETY

OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe establishes youth network of gender champions

A youth network of gender champions, composed of 45 young adults, including 15 men and 30 women, was established by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe in Tajikistan on November 29.

11:20, december 1, 2017

SOCIETY

Current number of officially reported cases of HIV in Tajikistan is some 14,000

According to official statistical data, a current number of officially reported cases of HIV in Tajikistan is some 14,000, Davron Muhamadiyev, Coordinator for the Health Care Issues, the IFRC's

10:25, december 1, 2017

ECONOMY

One of Dushanbe’s wholesale markets expected to be demolished soon

Dushanbe authorities have decided to demolish one of Dushanbe’s wholesale markets -- Shanghai Bazar, better known as Khitoi (Chinese) Bazaar.

09:43, december 1, 2017

SOCIETY

Mobile phone operators do not have access to fixed-line phones for already three days

Mobile phone operators have not had access to fixed-line phones of Tajik Telecom (Tajikistan's fixed-line telecommunications network) for already three days.