Tajkistan

3.12 million labor migrants reportedly enter Russia in Q2, 2022

TASS says that according to data from FinExpertiza (a network of professional audit, valuation and consulting firms), 3.

17:09, august 8, 2022

Tajikistan now pays for Russian petroleum products in rubes

Russia provides the bulk of Tajikistan’s petroleum products imports, accounting for 88.2 percent of Tajikistan’s petroleum products imports.

16:05, august 8, 2022

The challenges facing higher education in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan

Around half of Central Asia's population is under 30 years old. This means the demand for education is high.

12:18, august 8, 2022

AKAH hands over emergency shelter facilities to the Emergencies Committee in Rasht and Fayzobod

The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) in Tajikistan has handed over the emergency shelters the Emergencies Committee under the Government of Tajikistan in Rasht and Fayzobod districts of Rasht

11:45, august 8, 2022

POWER

Rahmon to pay working visit to Sughd province

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon will start a four-day working visit to the northern Sughd provice tomorrow, August 9, according to the Tajik president’s official website .

11:09, august 8, 2022

Tajik military personnel to participate in Seaborne Assault contest of Army Games in Russia

A team of military of Tajikistan arrived in Kaliningrad oblast yesterday for participation in the Seaborne Assault contest of Army Games that will take place at the Baltic Fleet’s training

17:09, august 5, 2022

LAW-ORDER

Tajik major drug dealer gets lengthy jail term

Tajik major drug dealer Nourullo Rahimov, known in the criminal world as “Kaftarboz” (pigeon breeder), has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for smuggling and selling more than 13

16:26, august 5, 2022

Drug trafficking increases in Tajikistan after Talban’s return to power in Afghanistan, says Tajik drug control kingpin

In a report released at a news conference in Dushanbe, Director of the Drug Control Agency under the President of Tajikistan (DCA), Habibullo Vohidzoda, revealed on August 5 that 2,578.

11:22, august 5, 2022

Joint military exercise for Uzbek and Tajik military launched in Uzbekistan

A joint military exercise for military personnel of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, dubbed Comonwealth-2022, was launched at the Termez training ground in Uzbekistan yesterday.

10:35, august 5, 2022

Flour in Tajikistan falls by 20 somonis

An average price for a 50-kilogram sack of the first grade flour at Tajikistan’s bazaars has fallen by 20.00 somonis.

09:50, august 5, 2022

LAW-ORDER

Two defendants in case of murder of family in Jaihoun district sentenced to life in prison

Two of three persons accused of killing the Mahmadov family in Khatlon’s Jaihoun district have been sentenced to life prison.

09:08, august 5, 2022

Tajik capital hosts international construction exhibition this week

The first international construction exhibition, dubbed TajBuild, kicked off at the Manezh Sports Complex in Dushanbe August 4.

17:29, august 4, 2022

One of Tajik border units deployed closer to Afghan border

A border unit based in Khatlon’s Shamsiddin-Shohin district has been deployed closer to the Afghan border, at a distance of 12 kilometers from the Tajik-Afghan border.

16:45, august 4, 2022

Tajik-Chinese joint gold mining company exempted from paying VAT and customs duties

Tajik-Chinese Joint Venture (JV) Zarafshon, which is a leading gold mining company in Tajikistan and accounts for about 70 percent of Tajikistan’s gold production, has been exempted from paying

15:48, august 4, 2022

The number of cases of migrants committing serious and especially serious crimes in Russia increases

The head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Aleksandr Bastrykin, says the number of cases of migrants committing serious and especially serious crimes in Russia has increased.

15:01, august 4, 2022

POLITICS

Ten more countries want to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization

The intention to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), has been stated by representatives of ten nations, including Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as well as

11:23, august 4, 2022

LAW-ORDER

Prosecutor asks for life in prison for two defendants in case of murder of family in Jaihoun district

A prosecutor in the trial of three persons accused of killing the Mahmadov family asked Khatlon’s regional court on August 3 to sentence two defendants to life in prison and the third defendant

10:38, august 4, 2022

POWER

Rahmon extends condolences to his Iranian counterpart Seyed Ebrahim Raisi over deadly floods

On Wednesday August 3, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon in a message to his Iranian counterpart Seyed Ebrahim Raisi expressed his condolences over the death of a number of Iranian people in the

16:51, august 3, 2022

Roghun HPP accounts for almost 10% of the overall volume of electricity generated by Tajikistan

The Roghun hydroelectric power plant (HPP) reportedly accounts for almost ten percent of the overall volume of electricity generated by Tajikistan.

15:55, august 3, 2022

Tajik singer and blogger Abduroziq to be seen in Salman Khan’s movie

Daily Pakistan says social media influencer Abduroziq, the world’s smallest singer, has got a role in an Indian movie featuring Bollywood's biggest stars like Salman Khan.

15:25, august 3, 2022

Export Development Agency blames bad weather conditions for increase in onion prices in Tajikistan

Shavkat Bobozoda, Director of the Export Development Agency under the government of Tajikistan, says onion price hike has resulted from unfavorable weather conditions.

11:38, august 3, 2022

A Taliban commander says they can take over Tajikistan in a week

Citing a source in Takhar province, Hasht-e Subh , an independent and nonprofit newspaper in Afghanistan, said on August 2 that one of Taliban’s commanders has warned Tajikistan that “if

15:03, august 2, 2022

Somon Air resumes regular flights to Kazan this week

Tajikistan’s privately owned air carrier Somon Air is expected to resume regular flights to the Russian city of Kazan starting from August 4.

14:46, august 2, 2022

Afghanistan owes 28 million U.S. dollars to Tajikistan for electricity deliveries

Afghanistan now owes 28 million U.S.

13:58, august 2, 2022

Tajik power utility company’s debts reach 3.2 billion somonis, says Bargi Tojik top manager

As of July 1, 2022, a total debt of Barqi Tojik (Tajikistan’s national power utility company) has amounted to 32 billion somonis (equivalent to about 3.1 billion U.S.

11:11, august 2, 2022

Historical record consumption of electricity registered in Tajikistan in late July

In a report released at a news conference in Dushanbe, Barqi Tojik (Tajikistan’s national power utility company) top manager Mahmadumar Asozoda revealed on August 1 that consumption of

10:34, august 2, 2022

POLITICS

Tajik parliament speaker, Chinese foreign minister discuss attraction of Chinese investment in Tajikistan’s economy

Majlisi Milli (Tajikistan’s upper chamber of parliament) Speaker Rustam Emomali, who is also the Mayor Dushanbe, yesterday received China’s State Councilor and Foreign Minister of

10:00, august 2, 2022