Tajkistan

Tajik authorities reportedly cut off electricity in house of self-exiled opposition leader's Mother

Oishamo Abdulloyeva, the mother of self-exiled opposition leader Sharofiddin Gadoyev, told Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service on October 12 that Farkhor district authorities cut off electricity to

11:56, october 12, 2023

FSB director says terrorists intends to seize power in Central Asia

In a statement delivered at a meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of Security Agencies and Special Services in Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Director

10:16, october 12, 2023

The Eurasian Development Bank promotes PPP competencies in Tajikistan

The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) conducted a two-day workshop attended by over 50 officials from Tajikistan’s government bodies and government bodies, including the Ministry of

09:46, october 12, 2023

EDB unveils its plan to promote Islamic financing in Central Asia

The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB), a multilateral institution in Central Asia, has unveiled its plan to issue $500 million worth of sukuk in international markets.

16:25, october 11, 2023

Tajikistan’s savings bank starts selling NBT-produced gold bars

Tajikistan’s state savings bank Amonatbonk has announced the start of sales of gold bars produced by the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT).

15:42, october 11, 2023

CSTO peacekeeping drills being conducted in Kyrgyzstan with forces from five member states

The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is conducting the active phase of its Indestructible Brotherhood 2023 peacekeepers’ drills at the Edelweiss training ground in Kyrgyzstan.

14:53, october 11, 2023

POLITICS

Rahmon to participate in CIS summit in Bishkek

Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon will visit Kyrgyzstan’s capital, Bishkek, on October 13 to participate in a summit of the Council of the Leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent

10:43, october 11, 2023

Russia extradites brother of opposition Tajik online TV channel director to Dushanbe, relatives say

Russian authorities have extradited to Tajikistan the brother of the director of an opposition online TV channel, according to relatives who spoke with Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known

10:27, october 11, 2023

LAW-ORDER

The suspected organizer of kidnapping of Orienbonk deputy head detained in Russia and extradited to Tajikistan

Dilshod Saidmurodov, who is suspected of organizing kidnapping and killing of Shuhrat Ismatulloyev, the first deputy head of Orienbonk, has reportedly been detained in Russia and extradited to

15:45, october 10, 2023

LNG prices rise in Tajikistan

The liquefied natural gas have sharply risen in Tajikistan over the past two days. In Dushanbe, LNG prices rose from 6.20 somonis per liter on October 9 to 6.80 somonis on October 11.

15:11, october 10, 2023

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan to endorse the list of higher education institutions having military department

The Government of Tajikistan has instructed the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Education and Science to discuss and endorse the list of the state higher educational institutions having

14:24, october 10, 2023

Tajikistan reaches 52 percent of 2023 forecast indicators

The country’s cotton growers are taking real measures to achieve the forecast performance, which has been determined at 430,000 tons of cotton.

11:33, october 10, 2023

Orienbonk launches bloggers support program

As part of the talented youth support project, the Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) Orienbonk has launched a free blogging course under support of Omuzi TV and Parking.

10:22, october 10, 2023

SFD continues financing construction of schools in Tajikistan

The Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) has signed a US$20 million loan deal to build schools in Tajikistan.

17:25, october 9, 2023

LAW-ORDER

Eurasianet: Police misconduct in Tajikistan erodes public’s trust

Eurasianet reports that the public in Tajikistan knows all too well that police officers are far from always on their side.

17:04, october 9, 2023

The exchange rate of the Russian ruble against the somoni sharply depreciated over the past month

The exchange rate of the Russian ruble (RR) against the Tajik national currency, the somoni (TJS), has sharply depreciated over the past month.

16:07, october 9, 2023

UN expert on minority issues pays visit Tajikistan

The UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Dr. Fernand de Varennes, is visiting Tajikistan from October 9 to October 20, according to Un OHCHR.

15:31, october 9, 2023

Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan define another 43.32 kilometers of their common border

In accordance with an agreement reached at a meeting of topographical groups and working groups on legal issues of the Tajik-Kyrgyz joint commission for delimitation and demarcation of the state

11:54, october 9, 2023

ADB president points to the necessity of unlocking every dollar for a world crisis

ADB President Masatsugu Asakawa notes that recent climate-related disasters are a tragic foretaste of the world that awaits “if we don’t act now to prevent these immense and overlapping

11:28, october 9, 2023

POWER

Tajikistan condemns the acts of violence in Middle East

The sharp escalation of tensions in the Middle East, which has resulted in significant civilian casualties and destruction of housing and social infrastructure, has been received with great concern

14:36, october 6, 2023

Tajikistan deputy minister of culture visits Iran pavilion at Dushanbe book fair

IRNA reports that Tajikistan’s Deputy Minister of Culture Davlatsharif Safarzoda visited Iran’s pavilion at the 11th International Exhibition “Book of Dushanbe-2023” in

13:34, october 6, 2023

LAW-ORDER

Former activist of Group 24 movement gets a jail term of 8 ½ years

Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service reported on October 5 that a court in Dushanbe has sentenced Nizomiddin Nasriddinov, a former activist of the Group 24 opposition movement, to 8 ½ years in

13:17, october 6, 2023

Tajikistan in the last place among the CIS member nations in terms of Internet speed

Tajikistan has worsened again its position in the rankings for Internet speed and cost. Speedtest Global Index ranks Tajikistan 139th among 145 countries in terms of Internet speed.

11:34, october 6, 2023

Russia-led military bloc to hold peacekeepers’ drills on Kyrgyz next week

Media reports say the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will hold the active phase of its Indestructible Brotherhood 2023 peacekeepers’ drills in Kyrgyzstan from October 9-13.

11:09, october 6, 2023

Agriculture ministry distributes elite wheat seeds to seed-growing farms

500 tons of seeds of elite wheat varieties and 1,250 tons of minerals have been allocated to seed-growing farms in Tajikistan, according to the press center of the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) of

10:23, october 6, 2023

POWER

Tajikistan to set up organizing committee for implementation of UNGA’s resolution on the Year of Glaciers’ Preservation

The Government of Tajikistan has issued a decree on establishing the Organizing Committee for the implementation of the UN General Assembly’s resolution on the Year of Glaciers’

09:16, october 6, 2023

MDIS branch in Dushanbe opens doors to its first students

The branch of the Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS) in Dushanbe opened its doors to its first students on October 2.

17:12, october 5, 2023