Tajkistan

Productive employment needed to boost growth in Tajikistan, says ADB report

Tajikistan will need to create enough jobs to maximize productivity of the country's increasing working-age population and spur economic growth, says a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) report.

09:23, april 12, 2018

New wedding palace to be built in Tajik capital

A new wedding palace named “Qasri Bakht” (Palace of Happiness) will be built in Dushanbe.

09:01, april 12, 2018

Rollerdrome to be built in Peoples’ Friendship Park in Dushanbe

President Emomali Rahmon and Dushanbe Mayor Rustam Emomali yesterday get acquainted with the pace of work on reconstruction of the People’s Friendship Park in Dushanbe.

17:10, april 11, 2018

Freedom House report lists Tajikistan among ‘consolidated authoritarian regimes’

The spread of illiberal politics across Central Europe and Eurasia has been eroding the region’s foundations and prospects for democracy, US-based Freedom House says in its latest annual

16:37, april 11, 2018

Tajikistan’s investment portfolio includes 68 projects totaling 3.19 billion USD

Tajikistan’s investment portfolio rose 13 percent (339 million U.S. dollars) in a year to March 31, 2018, reaching 28.1 billion somoni (equivalent to 3.19 billion U.S.

15:43, april 11, 2018

China's TBEA granted licenses for development of two gold deposits in Tajikistan

Tajik government has granted licenses to develop of two gold deposits in the country to Chinese electrical manufacturing group -- Tebian Electric Apparatus Stock Company Limited (TBEA).

14:46, april 11, 2018

Tajik parliament speaker to attend sessions of CSTO and CIS PAs in Petersburg

Shukurjon Zuhurov, speaker of Tajikistan’s lower house (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament, has left for St.

14:24, april 11, 2018

Retired general of the counter narcotics agency heads CPT organization for Dushanbe

The Major-General of the Drug Control Agency (DCA), Sheravliyo Mirzoavliyoyev, 67, has been elected to head the Communist Party of Tajikistan (CPT)’s organization for Dushanbe.

14:02, april 11, 2018

President shakes up judges and prosecutors

President Emomali Rahmon has introduced a number of staff changes, according to the Tajik president’s official website.

11:31, april 11, 2018

Tajikistan’s economic growth is forecast to moderate to 6.0% in 2018, says ADB report

Asian Development Outlook 2018: How Technology Affects Jobs , which was released by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) this month, notes that Tajikistan’s economic growth rose to 7.

10:31, april 11, 2018

Members of Sughd legislature meet on April 18 to approve president’s decree on appointing Ahmadzoda as new governor of the province

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

10:20, april 11, 2018

Reducing food waste would improve global climate and local economy, says FAO expert

According to FAO estimates, one-third of the globally produced food, equal to 1.3 billion tons, gets lost or wasted every year.

10:06, april 11, 2018

TK Mobile withdraw from country’s telecommunications market

One of Tajikistan’s mobile phone operators, TK Mobile, is withdrawing from the country’s telecommunications market.

16:59, april 10, 2018

Baroness Suttie visits Tajikistan to engage with Tajik MPs on health issues and tuberculosis

Today, Baroness Alison Suttie, a member of the House of Lords begins her first visit to Tajikistan.

16:23, april 10, 2018

Internal freight rates for Sughd province reportedly raised for the purpose of regulating rail traffic

Internal freight rates for Sughd province have been raised for the purpose of regulating railway transportation.

15:21, april 10, 2018

Uzbekistan plans to construct a new building for its embassy in Dushanbe

Citing Uzbek media outlets, CA-NEWS reported on April 10 that Uzbekistan plans to construct a new building for its embassy in Dushanbe.

14:32, april 10, 2018

LAW-ORDER

Security officers seize 14 kilos of hashish in Dushanbe, 12 people arrested

An operation carried out by officers of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS) in Dushanbe has led to the seizure of 14 kilograms of Afghan hashish, according to the SCNS press center.

11:12, april 10, 2018

The period of deflation reportedly continuing in Tajikistan’s consumer sector

The period of deflation is reportedly continuing in Tajikistan’s consumer sector. According to the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT), prices last month fell 1.0 percent.

10:34, april 10, 2018

Murgab and Nosiri Khusrav districts fulfill their spring conscription targets

The Murgab district in the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) and the Nosiri Khusrav district in the Khatlon province have fulfilled their spring conscription targets by April 10, Faridoun

10:18, april 10, 2018

North Korean delegation expected to visit Tajikistan this week

North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho heading a government delegation is expected to visit Tajikistan from April 13-15.

09:45, april 10, 2018

Russian authorities restore the previous flight time for Tajik air carriers

Russian authorities have restored the previous flight time for Tajik air carriers operating flights to Russian cities.

09:00, april 10, 2018

Tajik, Russian foreign ministers sign the program of cooperation for 2018

On April 8-9, Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Aslov was on an official visit to the Russian Federation by invitation of his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, according to the Tajik MFA information

08:30, april 10, 2018

The EU Health Management Information System IV project assesses its results

The EU-funded project “Health Management Information System in Tajikistan - Phase IV” is hosting its last Steering Committee meeting today at Asia Grand Hotel in Dushanbe to assess its

17:05, april 9, 2018

Russian foreign minister says Russia will continue assisting Tajikistan in modernization of its army

Russia appreciates solidarity of Tajikistan and other member nations of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) with Russia over Scripal case, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted

16:17, april 9, 2018

LAW-ORDER

Relatives of man who died after police custody demand fresh autopsy by independent forensic experts

Relatives of man who died in Dushanbe after one-day police custody demand a fresh autopsy by forensic experts from Tajikistan’s Ministry of Defense or Russian military base deployed in

15:26, april 9, 2018

Schoolchildren in Khatlon’s Muminobod district reportedly lose consciousness because of fear

The Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Population says twenty-seven school students in the village of Chargi of Muminobod district (Khatlon province) have lost consciousness because of fear.

14:39, april 9, 2018

Length of stay of foreign nationals in Tajikistan without registration can be extended from three to 10 days

The length of stay of foreign nationals in Tajikistan without registration can be extended from three to ten days Tajikistan’s lower house (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament (Majlisi Oli)

14:09, april 9, 2018

Tajikistan selected to be part of ITC global textiles and clothing program

Tajikistan is one of the five countries, including Kyrgyzstan, Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia, selected to be part of the new Global Textiles and Clothing program (GTEX), financed by the Government of

13:55, april 9, 2018