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How are you doing, Tajik businesspeople?

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon will hold a traditional meeting with local entrepreneurs and investors in Dushanbe on October 14, which is marked in Tajikistan as the Entrepreneurs Day.

11:57, october 13, 2017

Greek authorities detain leading member of Tajikistan's banned Islamic Renaissance Party

Greek authorities have detained a leading member of Tajikistan's outlawed Islamic Renaissance Party (IRPT), a spokesman for the party told Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service on October 11.

11:49, october 13, 2017

Senior school student arrested on suspicion of inflicting stab wound on 17-year-old teen

A senior student of one of high schools in Dushanbe has been arrested on suspicion of inflicting stab wound on a 17-year-old teen, according to the Interior Ministry’s website.

11:19, october 13, 2017

Tajik parliament speaker in St. Petersburg to attend the session of the IPA CIS Council and the 137th Assembly of the Inter-parliamentary Union

Chairman of the Majlisi Milli (Tajikistan’s upper house of parliament) Mahmadsaid Ubaidulloyev heading Tajik parliamentary delegation is currently in St Petersburg, Russia on a four-day visit.

10:39, october 13, 2017

Tajikistan expected to raise cigarette prices drastically beginning on January 1, 2018

The Government of Tajikistan offers stage-by-stage increase in an excise tax on tobacco products. Cigarette prices are expected to rise three times as much beginning on January 1, 2018.

09:39, october 13, 2017

Rahmon holds telephone conversation with the Emir of Qatar

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon yesterday held a telephone conversation with the Emir of the State of Qatar His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani, according to the Tajik president’s

09:20, october 13, 2017

Uzbekistan will take every effort to ensure protection of CIS southern borders, says Uzbek defense minister

The Uzbek authorities realize Tajikistan’s concern over the situation along the southern borders of the CIS, Uzbek Defense Minister Abdusalom Azizov said yesterday in Dushanbe at a meeting with

17:34, october 12, 2017

CIS defense ministers agree on plan to enhance Joint CIS Air Defense System

The 73rd session of the CIS Council of Defense Ministers took place in Dushanbe on October 12.

17:04, october 12, 2017

Russia and Tajikistan have common tasks in the Central Asian region, says Russian defense minister

An exercise for the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Rapid Reaction Force is planned to be conducted in Tajikistan next month, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said today in

16:35, october 12, 2017

Tajikistan’s economic problems result not from crisis but from predatory economic policy

Tajikistan’s systemic economic problems are part of the reason government resources are shrinking, says a report released by the International Crisis Group (ICG) on October 10.

15:47, october 12, 2017

Russian trains five tactical groups for Tajik national army, sys Russian defense minister

Russian defense minister says Russia has assisted Tajikistan in training five tactical groups intended, first of all, for covering Tajikistan’s common border with Afghanistan.

15:16, october 12, 2017

Russia tops CIS nations in terms of investing in Tajikistan’s economy

By the end of last year, an overall volume of accumulated direct investments from the CIS nations in Tajikistan’s economy has reached 950 million U.S.

14:11, october 12, 2017

Ural university donates 600 books to Tajikistan

Ural Federal University named after B.N.

13:51, october 12, 2017

Tajikistan, Uzbekistan vow to boost economic cooperation

A Tajik-Uzbek business forum that took place in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent, Wednesday (October 11) on the sidelines of an exhibition of Tajik industrial goods has resulted in signing of more than

13:24, october 12, 2017

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Rahmon receives CIS defense ministers

On Thursday October 12, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon received defense ministers of the CIS member nations who arrived in the Tajik capital for participation in a meeting of the CIS Council of

11:38, october 12, 2017

ICRC and Tajik Committee for Religious Affairs organize workshop for spiritual leaders of Tajikistan

A two-day workshop entitled “The Role of Religious leaders in Emergencies” is concluding in Khorog, the capital of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO), today.

11:26, october 12, 2017

Tajikistan displays Qairoqqum carpets, “Carrera” jeans, “Shohona” vodka and “Amiri” chocolate at exhibition in Tashkent

More than 150 Tajik companies are participating in an exhibition of Tajik industrial goods that kicked off at the Uzexpocenter in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent, yesterday, according to

11:02, october 12, 2017

CIS summit in Sochi results in signing of 18 documents

Under decisions made at a meeting of the CIS Council of Heads in Sochi yesterday, the 2018 CIS summit will be held in Dushanbe in September and the powers of the CIS Executive Secretary Sergey

10:22, october 12, 2017

Two high-ranking officers of Interpol NCB for Tajikistan arrested on suspicion of bribery

Two high-ranking officers of the Interpol National Central Bureau (NCB) for Tajikistan have been arrested on suspicion of taking bribe, according to the press center of the Agency for State Financial

09:34, october 12, 2017

Tajik lender plans switch to Islamic banking

Tajik joint-stock bank for entrepreneurship support Sohibkorbonk is going to convert operations to become a full-fledged Islamic bank.

16:59, october 11, 2017

Dushanbe mayor signs decree n demolition of Shohmansour Bazaar

Dushanbe mayor has signed a decree on demolition of one of the oldest bazaars in the Tajik capital.

16:42, october 11, 2017

JICA continues supporting improvement of maternal and child healthcare system in Khatlon province

The First Steering Committee Meeting of a new JICA Technical Cooperation “Project for Improving Maternal and Child Health Care System in Khatlon Province (Phase 2)” that took place here

16:20, october 11, 2017

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Married fixed-period servicemen in Tajikistan now can take vacation once every six months

Married fixed-period servicemen in Tajikistan now can take vacation once every six months.

16:00, october 11, 2017

Tajikistan once again hosts the Festival "Europe Week"

The Delegation of the European Union announces the launch of the Europe Week Festival in Tajikistan.

15:43, october 11, 2017

Man suspected of killing three people in early 1990s extradited from Russian to Tajikistan

A 46-year-old Murodali Sodiqov, who had been wanted by Tajik law enforcement authorities for more than ten years, has been extradited from Russia to Tajikistan.

15:33, october 11, 2017

Native of Tajikistan arrested in Moscow on suspicion of extremism

Native of Tajikistan has been arrested in Moscow on suspicion of public calls for extremist activity, according to Russian RBC .

15:03, october 11, 2017

Clerk at court in Hisor district arrested on suspicion of taking bribery

Jahongir Suhrobzoda, a clerk at a court in the Hisor district has been arrested on suspicion of taking an 8,500 somoni bribe, according to the anticorruption agency press center.

14:32, october 11, 2017

EMS Tajikistan remains the only courier service agency in Tajikistan’s market

Express Mail Service (EMS) Tajikistan, which is subsidiary of the state-owned Pochtai Tojik (Tajik Post Office), has remained the only courier service agency in Tajikistan’s market after Tajik

11:46, october 11, 2017

Issues related to exhibition of Tajikistan’s industrial goods discussed in Tashkent

Head of Tajikistan’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) Sharif Said has met in Tashkent with Uzexpocenter head Ibragim Ergashev to discuss organizational issues related to the exhibition of

10:51, october 11, 2017