Tajkistan

10:41, november 17, 2021

ECONOMY

ADB plans to support projects to further improve Tajikistan’s road and energy sectors

Asian Development Bank (ADB) Director General for Central and West Asia Eugene Zhukov has reaffirmed ADB’s support for Tajikistan’s development priorities in a series of meetings with

10:21, november 17, 2021

ECONOMY

Prices for the 92-octane gasoline rise 74 percent in Dushanbe this year so far

Tajikistan’s population is seriously concerned over increasing prices for petroleum products in the country because a fuel price hike inevitably leads to increase in the price of public

09:33, november 17, 2021

SOCIETY

JICA and AKF support small-holder farmers through sustainable agro-business development

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Tajikistan Office jointly with the Aga-Khan Foundation in Tajikistan (AKF) distributed quality agriculture inputs to the farmers in Khatlon province in

09:21, november 17, 2021

ECONOMY

Tax committee names the most incorrigible tax dodgers

Speaking at the parliamentary discussions on the implementation of the country's state budget for the first nine months of this year, the deputy head of the tax Committee, Kaabatullo Melikzoda,

16:29, november 16, 2021

LAW-ORDER

Tajik national detained in Russia on request of Kyrgyz authorities released

The Prosecutor-General’s Office of Tajikistan says that Tajik national Dilovar Jourayev, who was detained in the Russian city of Novosibirsk in early November on request of the Kyrgyz

16:09, november 16, 2021

SOCIETY

Seventeen Tajik school students to participate in Copernicus 2022 Olympiad in the United States

Seventeen students of the Khujand-based Lyceum for Gifted Students will participate in the final round of the Copernicus 2022 Olympiad that will take place in Huston, Texas USA from January 7-9, 2022.

15:41, november 16, 2021

SOCIETY

Pass the fire, don't bow to the ashes: why the house of Ayni can't be demolished

Representatives of Tajik intelligentsia and civil society ask the president and Dushanbe mayor to keep the House-Museum of Sadriddin Ayni in Dushanbe.

11:48, november 16, 2021

ECONOMY

Chinese company completes half of the work on construction of gold processing plant in Tajikistan

TBEA Dushanbe Mining Industry Ltd, which is an affiliate of China’s Tebian Electric Apparatus Stock Co.

10:33, november 16, 2021

SECURITY

Russia endorses agreement with Tajikistan on creation of integrated air defense system

The Government of the Russian Federation has endorsed a government-to-government agreement between Russia and Tajikistan on creation of an integrated air defense system, according to TASS .

10:05, november 16, 2021

SECURITY

Tajikistan hosts tactical exercise for CSTO Special Force units

A tactical exercise the special units of the Collective Security Organization (CSTO) Collective Rapid Reaction Forces (CRRF) will take place in Tajikistan from November 17 to November 19.

09:18, november 16, 2021

SOCIETY

U.S. Government exceeds two million COVID-19 vaccine doses donations to Tajikistan

On Monday November 15, the United States delivered 117,000 out of 198,900 doses of the Pfizer vaccine to Tajikistan for the continued fight against the COVID-19 pandemic through the United States

16:46, november 15, 2021

POWER

A number of conferences and cultural activities to be held in Tajikistan on the occasion of President’s Day

A number of scientific-and-practical conferences and cultural activities will be held in Dushanbe tomorrow, on the occasion of President’s Day.

15:34, november 15, 2021

SOCIETY

ADB Director General for Central and West Asia visits Tajikistan’s Emergencies Committee

As part of his trip to Tajikistan, Director General of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Central and West Asia Regional Department, Eugene Zhukov, has visited the Anti-Hail Service of the Emergencies

14:52, november 15, 2021

POLITICS

Dushanbe expected to host the 17th EU-Central Asia Ministerial meeting next week

Dushanbe will host the 17th EU-Central Asia Ministerial meeting on November 22.

11:51, november 15, 2021

ECONOMY

Can Tajikistan fully provide itself with its own bread support himself?

The Ministry of Industry and New Technologies of Tajikistan (MoINT) has published a list of food products, with which the republic can fully satisfy its internal needs.

10:49, november 15, 2021

SOCIETY

Bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers urges President Rahmon to end pressure on RFE/RL's Tajik Service

A bipartisan group of U.S.

10:35, november 15, 2021

SOCIETY

Police raid migrants’ apartments in Novaya Moskva

Police have reportedly raided migrants’ apartments in Novyye Vatutuinki housing complex in Novaya Moskva (New Moscow).

09:50, november 15, 2021

LAW-ORDER

Charges brought by Kyrgyz authorities against Tajik national are politically motivated, says Tajik prosecutor-general’s office

The Prosecutor-General’s Office of Tajikistan has sent a letter to the Prosecutor-General’s Office of Russia asking not to consider Kyrgyzstan’s request for detention of Tajik

16:36, november 12, 2021

ECONOMY

Energy prices expected to remain high in 2022, says World Bank’s report

World Bank’s Commodity Markets Outlook: Urbanization and Commodity Demand (October 2021) prices continued to surge in the third quarter of 2021 while most non-energy prices plateaued

15:08, november 12, 2021

INCIDENTS

Police solve three family homicides committed in the country on November 9 and October 17

Police officers have solved three family homicides committed in the country on November 9 and October 17 – one of the murders was committed in Khaton province and two others were committed in

11:58, november 12, 2021

SOCIETY

Surudi Sol Music Awards will become Tarona Music Awards

Do you remember the first Surudi Sol Music Awards shows organized by Radio Asia-Plus ? We are reviving our music award under a new name - Surudi Sol will now become Tarona Music Awards.

10:19, november 12, 2021

SOCIETY

Jailed Tajik opposition politicians placed in solitary confinement for sending letter to president

Radio Liberty says two jailed Tajik opposition politicians have been placed in solitary confinement after sending a letter to President Emomali Rahmon from a penal colony.

10:06, november 12, 2021

SOCIETY

One of Obraztsov’s best known puppet shows to be demonstrated in Dushanbe

Sergey Obraztsov Central State Academic Puppet Theater is expected to tour Dushanbe next week -- from November 16 to November 18.

16:58, november 11, 2021

SOCIETY

Climate change resilience in the high mountains of Tajikistan

During the first week of COP26, the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) joined the Governments of Tajikistan and Switzerland to discuss and align approaches that are building climate change resilience

16:42, november 11, 2021

SOCIETY

The issue of demolishing the House-Museum of Sadriddin Ayni in Dushanbe reportedly being discussed

According to unofficial sources, the issue of demolishing the House-Museum of the founder of the modern Tajik literature Sadriddin Ayni.

15:29, november 11, 2021

POLITICS

‘We are closer to solving the border problem than ever,’ says Kyrgyz premier

A joint commission on border delineation issues is working incessantly, Kyrgyz Premier Akylbek Japarov told Kommersant in an interview commenting on problems of delineation of a common border with

14:53, november 11, 2021

SOCIETY

Tajikistan life expectancy increasing

According to the statistical data from the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population (MoHSPP) that were presented at a conference in Dushanbe in late October, more than 500,000

13:42, november 11, 2021

SOCIETY

Tajikistan launches National Food Systems Pathway with support of United Nations

On Wednesday November 10, the Committee for Food Security under the Government of Tajikistan and the United Nations (UN) hosted a high-level meeting to launch the National Food Systems Pathway with

12:00, november 11, 2021

ECONOMY

Tajik-Chinese joint gold mining venture gets permit to build metallurgical plant in Panjakent

The Government Tajikistan has issued a regulation in late October giving the Tajik-Chinese joint gold mining venture, JV Zarafshon, permission to carry out the complex development of gold-bearing

11:05, november 11, 2021

SOCIETY

Two new officially confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Tajikistan on Wednesday

Two new officially confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) were reported in Tajikistan yesterday, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population (MoHSPP) says.