Tajkistan

The national budget for 2020 earmarks 2.1 billion somoni for completion of the Roghun HPP

Next year, Tajikistan plans to spend П2.1 billion somoni (equivalent to some 220 million U.S. dollars) for completion of construction of the Roghun hydroelectric power plant (HPP).

15:31, november 29, 2019

SECURITY

Search and rescue teams from Tajikistan compete in China

Reflecting growing recognition of the professionalism of the search and rescue teams assembled by the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH), the People’s Republic of China invited AKAH to

15:13, november 29, 2019

Tajikistan ranks 114th among 167 nations in terms of prosperity

The Legatum Prosperity Index 2019, which was released on November 25, has ranked Tajikistan 114th for prosperity out of 167 countries surveyed.

14:34, november 29, 2019

Tajikistan’s internal debt now amounts to 6.9 billion somoni

Tajikistan’ internal debt has risen 50 million somoni in nine months to September 30, 2019, reaching 6.9 billion somoni, according to the Ministry of Finance (MoF) Secretariat.

13:54, november 29, 2019

Tajik, Turkish presidents’ sons meet in Dushanbe to discuss cooperation in the framework of WEC

On Thursday November 28, Dushanbe Mayor Rustam Emomali met here with the head of the World Ethnosport Confederation (WEC) Necmettin Bilal Erdogan, who is the son of the Turkish incumbent President

11:36, november 29, 2019

SECURITY

Dushanbe, Islamabad agree to establish emergency response cooperation

On Tuesday November 26, Tajikistan’s Ambassador to Pakistan, Ismatullo Nasreddin, met in Pakistan with Lieutenant-General Muhammad Afzal, Chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority

10:54, november 29, 2019

Emomali Rahmon invites his Uzbek counterpart to pay official visit to Tajikistan

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon yesterday evening arrived in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent for participation in the second consultative meeting of heads of the Central Asian nations.

10:27, november 29, 2019

Liquefied natural gas prices rise in Dushanbe

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices have risen nearly 16 percent in Dushanbe. The price for one liter of liquefied natural gas in Dushanbe has increased from 3.

09:43, november 29, 2019

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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