Tajkistan

Tajikistan seeks assistance from IMF

The first deputy head of the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT), Jamoliddin Nouraliyev, has reportedly proposed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to boost cooperation to a new level.

09:12, april 20, 2018

Tajik delegation to attend ADB’s 51st annual meeting in Manila

Over 3,000 participants including finance ministers, central bank governors, private sector representatives, development partners, academics, members of civil society, and the media are expected to

17:06, april 19, 2018

Tajikistan ratifies agreement with Uzbekistan on state border

The Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament) today ratified a government-to-government agreement between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan on state border without discussion.

16:35, april 19, 2018

EBRD and EU launch Regional Small Business Program in Tajikistan

Online training and knowledge sharing and exchange platform now available to financial institutions across the country Micro, small and medium-sized private businesses in Tajikistan will now

16:22, april 19, 2018

Tajikistan to set up the Fund of Leader of the Nation

Tajikistan’s lower house (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament (Majlisi Oli) has endorsed a bill on amendments to the country’s law on state finances.

15:33, april 19, 2018

Global Firepower ranks Tajikistan 96th among 136 countries in terms of military strength

Tajikistan ranks 96th out of a total of 136 countries worldwide in terms of military strength in the 2018 Global Firepower (GFP) list.

14:57, april 19, 2018

What was NBT doing when banking legislation was being violated?

Analysis of the current situation in Tajikistan’s banking sector and reasons that have led to a large-scale banking crisis in the country has shown that one the causes of the distressful

14:12, april 19, 2018

Tajikistan expands underground coal mining

Tajik authorities insist on the necessity of expanding underground coal mining.

11:10, april 19, 2018

POLITICS

Only a two-kilometer stretch of Tajikistan-Uzbekistan border reportedly remains undelineated

Only a two-kilometer stretch of Tajikistan’s common border with Uzbekistan still remains undelineated, an official source in the Tajik government told Asia-Plus in an interview.

10:34, april 19, 2018

Only 345 Tajik veterans from World War II estimated to be still alive

According to the Republican Council of Veterans of War and Home Front, only 345 Tajik veterans of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 are estimated to be still alive.

09:58, april 19, 2018

Sughd legislature approves president’s decree on appointing Ahmadzoda as new governor of the province

The fourteenth session of the Sughd local council (Majlis) took place in Khujand on April 18.

09:48, april 19, 2018

Mobile phone operators pay to communications service agency for each non-activated SIM card

New requirement introduced by Tajikistan’s communications service agency this year costs mobile phone companies operating in the country totaling 1 million somoni per quarter.

08:56, april 19, 2018

LAW-ORDER

Seven members of one family from Isfara get lengthy jail terms for an attempt to travel to Syria to join ISIS

Seven people, including four women, have got jail terms of between twelve and seventeen years for an attempt to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) extremist group.

17:14, april 18, 2018

Tajikistan has highest prevalence of undernutrition in the ECA region

The FAO report, The State of Food Security and Nutrition in Europe and Central Asia 2017 , has revealed food insecurity, nutrition problems in the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region.

16:11, april 18, 2018

Tajikistan presents updated tool for monitoring, analyzing food prices

An upgraded version of the national Food Price Monitoring and Analysis (FPMA) Tool of the Agency on Statistics under the President of Tajikistan was presented in Dushanbe on April 17.

16:01, april 18, 2018

Tajikistan’s GDP for Q1 2018 stands at 12.350.1 billion somoni

Based on current data, Tajikistan’s gross domestic product (GDP) for the first quarter of this year was 12.350.1 billion somoni (equivalent to some 1.4 billion U.S. dollars), an increase of 7.

15:12, april 18, 2018

Tajikistan, Uzbekistan expected to conduct first ever joint anti-terror drill this year

Tajikistan and Uzbekistan are expected to conduct first ever joint anti-terror drill this year, a source in the Tajik power-wielding structures told Asia-Plus in an interview.

14:46, april 18, 2018

Tajik government allocates funds for medical treatment of Tajik known poet Bozor Sobir in the United States

Tajik Government has reportedly allocated funds for medical treatment of Tajik known poet Bozor Sobir in the United States.

14:07, april 18, 2018

Tajikistan’s external trade turnover estimated at 1.033.7 billion USD in Jan-March 2018

Over the first three months of this year, the external trade turnover of Tajikistan, including electrical power, amounted to 1.033.7 billion U.S. dollars, which was 133.

13:37, april 18, 2018

By-election to be held in Vanj constituency following the death of MP Muhabbatsho Ruzador

The by-election will take place in the single-mandate constituency in the Vanj district of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) following the death of deputy of the Majlisi Namoyandagon

11:43, april 18, 2018

Tajik judokas win eight medals at Judo Asian Championships in Tashkent

Tajik judokas have won eight medals at Judo Asian Championships in Tashkent, according to Tajikistan’s National Olympic Committee (NOC).

11:19, april 18, 2018

World Bank helps strengthen credit reporting to boost access to finance in Europe and Central Asia

The World Bank Group is supporting the creation of a new association designed to help strengthen credit reporting practices and bolster access to finance in Europe and Central Asia.

11:15, april 18, 2018

NBT divides the list of Tajik nationals having contacts with terrorists and extremists into two separate lists

The National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT) department for financial monitoring has divided the list of Tajik nationals having contacts with terrorists and extremists into two separate lists -- the list of

10:45, april 18, 2018

Border guards seize large amount of narcotics at the Tajik-Afghan border in Khatlon province

Border guards jointly with officers of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS) have reportedly seized a large amount of narcotics at the Tajik-Afghan border in Khatlon province.

10:19, april 18, 2018

U.S. Government and Tajikistan’s Ministry of Health commemorate World Tuberculosis Day

To raise public awareness of tuberculosis (TB) and its impact on public health, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through its TB Control Program with its partners the

10:13, april 18, 2018

POLITICS

23rd meeting of ECO COM results in adoption of Dushanbe communiqué

The 23rd Meeting of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Council of Ministers (COM) was convened in Dushanbe on April 16.

16:16, april 17, 2018

Government proposes to make unfounded classification of cases as secret administrative offense

The government has proposed amendments to the country’s administrative code that make unfounded classification of materials as secret administrative offense.

14:57, april 17, 2018

Tajik, Uzbek security service chiefs meet in Tashkent to discuss cooperation

Chief of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS) of Tajikistan, Saymumin Yatimov, on April 16 left for Tashkent to hold talks with Ikhtiyor Abdullayev, the head of the National Security

14:31, april 17, 2018

Labor migrants’ remittances from Russia to banks in Tajikistan reportedly increasing

2.536 billion U.S. dollars were reportedly sent through money transfer system to Tajikistan from Russia last year, which more than 600 million U.S.

14:03, april 17, 2018