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10:25, december 14, 2017

36 percent of Tajikistan’s territory under threat of from landslides, says World Bank

An article released by the World Bank on December 11 notes that natural disasters such as landslides and mudflows are frequent across Central Asia.

17:26, december 13, 2017

Russian Council for Civil Society and Human Rights comes to the defense of deported migrant advocate

The Council for Civil Society and Human Rights (Council) under the President of the Russian Federation has come to the defense of the deported migrant advocate Karomat Sharipov.

16:53, december 13, 2017

University professors from Japan visit Tajikistan for selection of Japanese scholarship program ‘JDS’

Professors from universities in Japan have visited Tajikistan to conduct the selection of JDS (Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship) supported by the government of Japan, according to

14:19, december 13, 2017

Deported migrant advocate sent to Tajikistan by the Moscow-Kulob flight

Deported advocate for Tajik migrants, Karomat Sharipov was sent to Tajikistan Tuesday night by the flight Moscow-Kulob operated by Russian air carrier S7.

11:39, december 13, 2017

Russian court’s ruling on deportation of migrant advocate to Tajikistan takes effect

Russian court’s ruling on deportation of Karomat Sharipov, an advocate for Tajik migrants, to Tajikistan has taken effect.

11:01, december 13, 2017

Tajik researcher considers that imposition of Bedil’s poetry will throw Tajik society back

Researcher at the Institute of Economics and Demography of the Academy of Sciences, Fozil Fathulloyev, considers that imposition of Bedil’s poetry will throw Tajik society back.

16:28, december 12, 2017

HRW urges the Tajik government to Mirsaidov’s rights in detention, including to be free from ill treatment

Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the Norwegian Helsinki Committee on December 11 released a statement regarding detention of Khairullo Mirsaidov, the head of the Khujand-based KVN team.

17:16, december 11, 2017

Tajik labor migrants left without cheap phone communications

Million subscribers to mobile phone operators in Tajikistan have been left without cheap phone communication.

16:34, december 11, 2017

Khujand-based KVN team head probably ‘pays’ for joke, says source

Khairullo Mirsaidov, the head of the Khuand-based KVN team, who was detained on December 5, is still being held at the pretrial detention facility in Khujand, the capital of the northern Sughd

11:27, december 11, 2017

U.S. Embassy accepting applications for the 2018 English Teaching Mentor (ETM) Program

The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe is now accepting applications for the 2018 English Teaching Mentor (ETM) Program.

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.

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.

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

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.

16:55, december 5, 2017

The authorities determine which orphans will have the right to free education and public housing

Tajikistan’s lower house (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament has endorsed proposed by the government to the country’s law on protection of child’s rights.

16:13, december 5, 2017

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.

15:42, december 5, 2017

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

Number of undernourished people in Tajikistan reported at 2.6 million

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

10:42, december 5, 2017

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.

16:41, december 4, 2017

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

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.

14:44, december 4, 2017

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

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

11:03, december 4, 2017

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.

15:40, december 1, 2017

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.

12:02, december 1, 2017

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

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

09:43, december 1, 2017

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.

14:20, november 30, 2017

National conference on competency based education kicks off in Dushanbe today

A two-day national conference on competency based education kicked off in Dushanbe today.