Tajkistan

09:43, november 29, 2019

POLITICS

Rahmon calls on CSTO member nations to join efforts to combine undesirable phenomena of the century

Participants of a one-day summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), chaired by Kyrgyz President Sooronbay Jeenbekov, yesterday adopted more than 15 documents and agreements in the

17:16, november 28, 2019

POWER

This year, Tajik president will make annual address to the nation on December 26

This year, President Emomali Rahmon will make his annual address to the nation on December 26, a source within the parliament told Asia-Plus in an interview.

16:51, november 28, 2019

SOCIETY

Russia hands over mobile treatment and diagnostics unit to Tajikistan

Russia will hand over one more mobile treatment and diagnostics unit to Tajikistan. An official handover ceremony of the KAMAZ-based mobile clinic will take place in Dushanbe on November 29.

16:11, november 28, 2019

ECONOMY

Tajikistan and Egypt vow to boost economic cooperation

Tajik Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Nematullo Hikmatullozoda, and Egyptian Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Dr.

15:51, november 28, 2019

LAW-ORDER

Parliament endorses amendments prohibiting holding adult and juvenile suspects in one cell

The Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament) today endorsed amendments proposed by the government to the country’s law on the procedure and conditions of detention

15:03, november 28, 2019

ECONOMY

Parliament ratifies agreement on granting licenses to Chinese company for development of two goldfields

Tajikistan’s lower house (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament has ratified an agreement between the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies of Tajikistan, China’s Xinjiang Tebian

11:45, november 28, 2019

ECONOMY

Parliament speaker asks anticorruption agency to check cotton production statistics

Speaker of Tajikistan’s lower house (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament, Shukurjon Zuhurov, doubts the reliability of cotton production statistics and asked the anticorruption agency to find

10:54, november 28, 2019

ECONOMY

Tajik authorities plan to increase the budget revenues by nearly 10% next year from taxes

The national budget for 2020 projects nearly 10 percent rise in tax receipts. In 2020, tax receipts are expected to amount to 17.9 billion somoni, which is 1.

10:02, november 28, 2019

LAW-ORDER

Jailed human rights lawyer's prison term shortened as part of mass amnesty

The 28-year prison sentence of jailed Tajik lawyer Buzurgmehr Yorov has been shortened as part of a recent mass amnesty.

09:07, november 28, 2019

POLITICS

Tajikistan attaches special significance to its relations with Kyrgyzstan, says Tajik leader

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon yesterday arrived in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek for participation in the Collective Security treaty Organization (CSTO) summit.

17:07, november 27, 2019

ECONOMY

Tajikistan’s external debt expected to increase to US$3.5 billion in the coming three years

The Government of Tajikistan plans to increase the country’s external debt from current 2.9 billion U.S. dollars to 3.5 billion U.S. dollars in 2022.

16:25, november 27, 2019

SOCIETY

Central Asia’s largest mosque will be officially inaugurated when Qatari Emir arrives in Dushanbe

Rumors that serious shortcomings were allegedly made during the construction of Central Asia’s largest mosque in Dushanbe are absolutely unfounded, a reliable source told Asia-Plus in an

15:53, november 27, 2019

POWER

Tajik government works out law on state regulation of pricing

On Wednesday November 27, President Emomali Rahmon held a government session, according to the Tajik president’s official website.

14:59, november 27, 2019

SECURITY

Two Tajik nationals arrested in Moscow for calls for terrorism

Two nationals of Tajikistan have been arrested in Moscow for publicly calling for terrorist activity through Internet.

14:33, november 27, 2019

SOCIETY

6,400 Tajiks reportedly were on forced vacations in January-September this year

Over the first nine months of this year, some 6,400 people in Tajikistan have been on forced vacations, according to the Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan.

14:02, november 27, 2019

ECONOMY

Tajikistan’s loan portfolio amounts to more than 9 billion somoni

Tajikistan’s loan portfolio rose 6.9 percent (597 million somoni) in a year to September 30, 2019, reaching more than 9 billion somoni, according to the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT).

11:43, november 27, 2019

POWER

Dushanbe mayor expected to pay working visit to Tashkent next month to discuss cooperation

Dushanbe Mayor Rustam Emomali will pay a two-day working to Tashkent from December 3-4, a reliable source within the Dushanbe administration told Asia-Plus in an interview.

10:46, november 27, 2019

LAW-ORDER

Knife crime prevention operation under way in Tajik capital

A knife crime prevention operation is under way in the Tajik capital.

10:16, november 27, 2019

ECONOMY

Khatlon tax debts estimated at 173 million somoni

Current tax debts in Khatlon province amount to 173 million somoni, which is 9 million somoni fewer compared to the beginning of the year, an official source within the Khatlon tax inspectorate told

09:47, november 27, 2019

ECONOMY

Tajik national air carrier resumes flights to New Delhi

Tajik national air carrier, Tajik Air, has resumed flights to New Delhi.

09:13, november 27, 2019

INCIDENTS

11 women and 13 children were among attackers on “Ishqobod” border post, says security official

Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service says a statement on a deadly attack on a border post in the Roudaki district in early November made by security official Monday has contradicted official reports

17:13, november 26, 2019

POLITICS

Tajik capital makes preparations to host jubilee SCO summit in 2021

Chaired by Prime Minister Qohir Rasoulzoda, the Organizing Committee on preparing Dushanbe for hosting the Second Conference of the 2018-2028 International Decade for Action 'Water for

16:33, november 26, 2019

ECONOMY

Tajikistan earned US$3.6 million from electricity supplies to neighboring countries last month

Over the first ten months of this year, Tajikistan has earned more than 89 million U.S.

15:41, november 26, 2019

ECONOMY

More than TJS20 million invested by Khatlon entrepreneurs in the repair of roads in the province

Entrepreneurs of the Bokhtar region (Vakhsh Valley) of Khatlon province have reportedly invested more than 20 million somoni (TJS) in the repair of roads and bridges in the area.

11:12, november 26, 2019

INCIDENTS

Small-time killer gets a jail term of eight years for attempt to kill Tajik national in St. Petersburg

A small-time killer has got a jail term of eight years for an attempt to kill a Tajik national in St. Petersburg. A court in St.

10:26, november 26, 2019

ECONOMY

Tajik, Uzbek customs officers to exchange preliminary information on commodities moving across the border

The customs agencies of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan will exchange the preliminary information on commodities and vehicles moving across the mutual border.

09:43, november 26, 2019

SECURITY

Russian military base in Tajikistan to be reinforced with latest electronic countermeasures system

The Russian military base in Tajikistan will be reinforced with the latest Pole-21 electronic countermeasures system, according to the Russian Defense Ministry’s official website.

09:12, november 26, 2019

SOCIETY

30,000 Tajikistanis have got Russian passport this year so far

Over the first nine months of this year, 30,000 Tajikistanis have got Russian citizenship. In all, 285,000 foreigners have reportedly got Russian citizenship over the same nine-month period.

17:05, november 25, 2019

INCIDENTS

Five killed in three traffic accidents in Tajikistan last week

Five persons were killed in three traffic accidents that took place in the Istaravshan district of Sughd province, Dushanbe and the Roudaki district on November 21 and 22.

16:38, november 25, 2019

ECONOMY

Project on green economy financing launched in Tajikistan

Farmers and businesses across various agricultural value chains in Tajikistan will benefit from better access to finance and climate technologies thanks to the Green Economy Financing Facility (GEFF)