Tajkistan

09:53, april 24, 2020

SOCIETY

‘It could not be categorically argued that there are no cases of the disease in the country,’ says WHO representative

No laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases have been revealed in Tajikistan yet, Ms.

08:41, april 24, 2020

SOCIETY

WHO mission to visit Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, where allegedly no cases of COVID-19

An expert mission of the World Health Organization (WHO) will visit Tajikistan and Turkmenistan next week. TASS reported this, citing a statement by Dr. Hans Henri P.

18:09, april 23, 2020

SOCIETY

Climate Action: Aga Khan Agency for Habitat contributes through land use planning in Tajikistan

The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) Tajikistan and its partners are implementing a robust set of land use interventions in Tajikistan, including Eco Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR) and Natural

17:55, april 23, 2020

ECONOMY

35 new mini power plants to be built in GBAO

35 new mini power plants will be built in the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) that will allow 12,000 local residents to get access to electricity for the first time.

17:15, april 23, 2020

SOCIETY

Tajikistan listed among 15 countries reporting no outbreak of COVID-19

Tajikistan has been list among 145 UN member states without confirmed novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases.

15:58, april 23, 2020

SOCIETY

Health ministry finds it difficult to name the cause of death of physical education teacher

The Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the population has found it difficult to name the cause of death of Khurshed Karimov, who had worked as physical in a school for gifted children

15:33, april 23, 2020

SOCIETY

Three more pneumonia-linked deaths reported, health ministry denies this information as baseless

Three other patients of Dushanbe City Health Center No. 1 reportedly died of pneumonia on April 23.

11:45, april 23, 2020

ECONOMY

Prices for basic food products rise significantly in Tajikistan

Prices for basic food products have risen significantly in Tajikistan, especially for potatoes. Prices for some basic food products have nearly doubled over the past month.

11:09, april 23, 2020

ECONOMY

World Bank: flow of remittances to poorer countries in Europe and Central Asia expected to drop 27.5%

The World Bank said on Wednesday that remittances sent home by migrants from low- and middle-income countries are expected to drop around 20 percent this year amid the global economic slowdown caused

10:44, april 23, 2020

POWER

Tajik leader calls on farmers and those producing wealth to postpone Ramadan fasting until a more favorable time

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon has called on farmers and those producing material benefits to postpone Ramadan fasting until a more favorable time.

17:47, april 22, 2020

SOCIETY

Entrepreneurs in GBAO decide to lower rent for their retail outlets by 30 percent

Entrepreneurs in Khorog, the capital of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO), have decided to lower rent for their retail outlets by 30 percent.

17:16, april 22, 2020

TAJKISTAN

Four die of pneumonia at a hospital in Dushanbe on Wednesday

Four patients at the City Health Center No 1 (a hospital in Dushanbe’s Perviy Sovetskiy area) died of pneumonia on April 22.

16:34, april 22, 2020

ECONOMY

Finance ministry expected to issue securities to address the country’s internal debt

The Ministry of Finance is expected to issue securities in a form of bills to address a 300 million somoni public debt.

15:21, april 22, 2020

ECONOMY

Share of industry in Tajikistan’s GDP increasing

Over the first three months of this year, Tajikistan has produced about 6.8 billion somoni worth of industrial goods, which was 1.

14:31, april 22, 2020

SOCIETY

European Immunization Week campaign launched in Tajikistan

The European Immunization Week (EIW) campaign has been launched in Tajikistan.

14:03, april 22, 2020

SOCIETY

Somon Air operates charter flight to Italy to carry 792,000 face masks to Verona

On Wednesday April 22, Somon Air carried out a charter flight to Italy to carry 792,000 face masks to Verona, a reliable source told Asia-Plus in an interview.

11:34, april 22, 2020

POWER

Special quarantine department established at Tajikistan’s interior ministry

The Special Quarantine Department has been established at the Interior Ministry of Tajikistan.

11:12, april 22, 2020

SOCIETY

Medical workers again attribute new death in Jabbor-Rasoulov district to pneumonia

Medical workers again attributed a death in the northern Jabbor-Rasoulov district last Tuesday to pneumonia.

10:23, april 22, 2020

SOCIETY

Tajik civil rights activists raise concern about possible unreported outbreak of CVID-19 in the country

As the coronavirus pandemic has already infected more than 2.

10:13, april 22, 2020

SOCIETY

This year the contribution for Zakat for Muslims having annual income of TJS21,000 set at TJS525

This year, Shuroi Ulamo (Council of Ulema -- an Islamic council that issues fatwas (religious rulings) and religious guidance to Islamic religious organizations) has set the contribution for zakat

10:01, april 22, 2020

SOCIETY

This year, the holy month of Ramadan starts in Tajikistan on April 24

This year, the Muslim holy month of Ramadan will begin in Tajikistan on April 24, according to the Secretariat of the Shuroi Ulamo (Council of Ulema -- an Islamic council that issues fatwas

09:51, april 22, 2020

SOCIETY

GBAO residents ask local authorities to curb prices for basic food products

A resident of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) has applied to GBAO governor Yodgor Faizov with a request to curb prices for the basic food products.

17:07, april 21, 2020

SOCIETY

Tajikistan’s Kommertzbank launches the migrant family support program

Taking into consideration the hard situation of Tajik labor migrants working in the Russian situation, who rely on their jobs there to feed families, The Kommertzbank of Tajikistan has launched

16:26, april 21, 2020

ECONOMY

Russian payment system stops operating in Tajikistan

The Board of the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT) has revoked the operating license of the Russian payment system Blizko.

14:54, april 21, 2020

ECONOMY

Tajikistan’s first Islamic bank complains of unfavorable tax regime

Tax and legislative barriers impede development of Islamic financing, says the press center of the Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) Tawhidbonk, the first full-fledged Islamic bank in Tajikistan.

11:52, april 21, 2020

ECONOMY

Tajikistan increases cargo shipments

Over the first three months of this year, all types of transportation have shipped 18.5 million tons of cargo, which was 7.

11:30, april 21, 2020

ECONOMY

Total wage debts reportedly reach 48.536 million somoni in Tajikistan

A total wage debts rose to 48.536 million somoni (equivalent to some 5 million USD) in a year to February 29, 2020, according to the Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan.

10:37, april 21, 2020

SOCIETY

Coronavirus leaves Tajikistan’s labor migrants high and dry

With the coronavirus crisis showing few signs of abating in Russia, Tajik migrant laborers who rely on their jobs there to feed families back home are stuck, according to Eurasianet ..

09:47, april 21, 2020

SOCIETY

Health Ministry attributes prosecutor’ death to pneumonia and swine flu but not coronavirus

The Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population says the head of the Department for Supervision over the Internal Affairs Agencies at the Dushanbe Prosecutor’s Office, Jaloliddin

15:09, april 20, 2020

SOCIETY

Relatives of resident of Jabbor-Rasoulov district, who died of pneumonia, released from quarantine

Relatives of a 61-year-old resident of Jabbor-Rasoulov district, Habibullo Shodiyev, who died of pneumonia, totaling 18 people, including 9 children, have been released from quarantine