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10:23, april 22, 2020

Tajik civil rights activists raise concern about possible unreported outbreak of CVID-19 in the country

As the coronavirus pandemic has already infected more than 2.

10:13, april 22, 2020

This year the contribution for Zakat for Muslims having annual income of TJS21,000 set at TJS525

This year, Shuroi Ulamo (Council of Ulema -- an Islamic council that issues fatwas (religious rulings) and religious guidance to Islamic religious organizations) has set the contribution for zakat

10:01, april 22, 2020

This year, the holy month of Ramadan starts in Tajikistan on April 24

This year, the Muslim holy month of Ramadan will begin in Tajikistan on April 24, according to the Secretariat of the Shuroi Ulamo (Council of Ulema -- an Islamic council that issues fatwas

09:51, april 22, 2020

GBAO residents ask local authorities to curb prices for basic food products

A resident of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) has applied to GBAO governor Yodgor Faizov with a request to curb prices for the basic food products.

17:07, april 21, 2020

Tajikistan’s Kommertzbank launches the migrant family support program

Taking into consideration the hard situation of Tajik labor migrants working in the Russian situation, who rely on their jobs there to feed families, The Kommertzbank of Tajikistan has launched

16:26, april 21, 2020

Russian payment system stops operating in Tajikistan

The Board of the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT) has revoked the operating license of the Russian payment system Blizko.

14:54, april 21, 2020

Tajikistan’s first Islamic bank complains of unfavorable tax regime

Tax and legislative barriers impede development of Islamic financing, says the press center of the Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) Tawhidbonk, the first full-fledged Islamic bank in Tajikistan.

11:52, april 21, 2020

Tajikistan increases cargo shipments

Over the first three months of this year, all types of transportation have shipped 18.5 million tons of cargo, which was 7.

11:30, april 21, 2020

Total wage debts reportedly reach 48.536 million somoni in Tajikistan

A total wage debts rose to 48.536 million somoni (equivalent to some 5 million USD) in a year to February 29, 2020, according to the Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan.

10:37, april 21, 2020

Coronavirus leaves Tajikistan’s labor migrants high and dry

With the coronavirus crisis showing few signs of abating in Russia, Tajik migrant laborers who rely on their jobs there to feed families back home are stuck, according to Eurasianet ..

09:47, april 21, 2020

Health Ministry attributes prosecutor’ death to pneumonia and swine flu but not coronavirus

The Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population says the head of the Department for Supervision over the Internal Affairs Agencies at the Dushanbe Prosecutor’s Office, Jaloliddin

15:09, april 20, 2020

Relatives of resident of Jabbor-Rasoulov district, who died of pneumonia, released from quarantine

Relatives of a 61-year-old resident of Jabbor-Rasoulov district, Habibullo Shodiyev, who died of pneumonia, totaling 18 people, including 9 children, have been released from quarantine

14:32, april 20, 2020

Dushanbe-based flour milling plant expected to reopen after rehabilitation soon

A Dushanbe-based large flour milling plant is expected to reopen after rehabilitation in the near future.

14:01, april 20, 2020

UK-Tajikistan Trade and Investment Forum expected to take place on April 22

On Wednesday April 22, The Developing Markets Associates Limited (DMA), the Tajik-British Chamber of Commerce, British Embassy Dushanbe, in partnership with the Department for International Trade

13:52, april 20, 2020

Tajik civic society groups call on the authorities to release convicted journalist Daler Sharifov

A statement released by a group of public associations calls n the Tajik authorities to release independent journalist Daler Sharifov.

11:35, april 20, 2020

Tajik FM holds vide conference with Tajik ambassadors to discuss to ways solve problems of Tajik citizens stuck abroad

On Friday April 17, Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin held a video conference with chiefs of diplomatic missions of Tajikistan in Russia, Kazakhstan, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria and

11:11, april 20, 2020

U.S. lawmakers urge Tajik leader to end harassment of RFE/RL

Two prominent U.S. congressmen have addressed a bipartisan letter to Tajik President Emomali Rahmon about “continued threats” and other mistreatment of RFE/RL journalists.

10:47, april 20, 2020

Prices for products of food industry rise on average 4.1 percent in Q1 2020

In Tajikistan, inflation in the consumer goods sector over the first three months of this year has stood at 2.

10:22, april 20, 2020

Health Ministry says unfavorable weather conditions lead to increase in pneumonia cases in the country

Three persons died from pneumonia this month and persons contacting with them have been quarantined. The Republican Coronavirus Prevention Commission met in Dushanbe on April 17.

17:47, april 17, 2020

President’s son elected to hold the second highest post in Tajikistan

Dushanbe Mayor Rustam Emomali has been elected Speaker of the Majlisi Milli (Tajikistan’s upper chamber of parliament).

16:53, april 17, 2020

Tajikistan again closes mosques amid coronavirus concern

The Council of Ulema (Tajikistan’s highest Islamic institution) has told mosques to suspend public gatherings, including Friday prayers, beginning on April 18 to protect against the

15:22, april 17, 2020

Tajikistan earns more than 6.8 million USD from supplying electric power to neighboring in Q1 2020

Over the first three months of this year, Tajikistan has supplied more than US$6.

14:43, april 17, 2020

419 people released from two hospitals in Khatlon after a 21-day quarantine

419 people were released from two hospitals in the Khatlon province on April 16 after a 21-day quarantine.

11:55, april 17, 2020

Rahmon calls on Tajik families and farms to make two-year foo stocks

President Emomali Rahmon yesterday held an extraordinary government session to discuss socioeconomic situation as well as the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and its effects on the country,

10:14, april 17, 2020

Donor countries reduce humanitarian aid to Tajikistan nearly five times

Donor countries have reduced humanitarian aid to Tajikistan nearly five times.

09:46, april 17, 2020

Tajik journalist Daler Sharifov gets a jail term of one year on charges of incitement to religious enmity

A court in Dushanbe’s Shohmansour district sentenced freelance Tajik journalist Daler Sharifov to one year in prison on April 16.

17:14, april 16, 2020

Prosecutor seeks two-year prison term for independent Tajik journalist

A Tajik prosecutor has called for independent local journalist Daler Sharifov to be sentenced to two years and four months in prison.

17:06, april 16, 2020

Tajikistan’s external trade turnover estimated at 1.036 billion USD in January-March this year

Tajikistan’s external trade turnover has amounted to 1.036 billion U.S. dollars over the first three months of this year, which is 107.5 percent of the January-March 2019 level or 72.

16:28, april 16, 2020

Tajik national currency continues depreciating against the dollar

The value of the Tajik national currency, the somoni (TJS), has continued to depreciate against the U.S.

15:44, april 16, 2020

Tourist flow to Tajikistan reportedly increases by 42% in Q1 2020

According to data from the Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan, 296,100 foreign nationals have visited Tajikistan over the first three months of this year, which was 81.