Tajkistan

Korea supports enhancement of access to safe drinking water in Khatlon

The Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Tajikistan and ‘Good Neighbors’, a humanitarian NGO from Korea, have successfully completed the project of ‘Improvement of Access to the Safe

11:03, december 4, 2017

Russia orders deportation of migrant advocate To Tajikistan

A Russian court has ordered the deportation of Karomat Sharipov, an advocate for Tajik migrants, who says he has never been a citizen of Tajikistan, according to Radio Liberty.

10:53, december 4, 2017

POWER

Dushanbe legislature to discuss the municipal development program for the period to 2025

The Dushanbe legislature (Majlis) is expected to discuss the municipal development program for the period to 2025 next week.

10:37, december 4, 2017

A meeting of SCO heads of government in Sochi results in signing of a joint communiqué

A broad range of issues related to economic and humanitarian cooperation was discussed at a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Heads of Government that took place in

10:04, december 4, 2017

INCIDENTS

One Tajik border guard killed, four others wounded in clashes with armed Afghan drug traffickers in Khatlon

One Tajik border guard has been killed and four others have been wounded in clashes with armed Afghan drug traffickers attempting to illegally cross the border river in the Tajik southern Khatlon

15:40, december 1, 2017

Tajikistan’s population still characterized as rural

The World Bank’s report Cities in Europe and Central Asia notes that Tajikistan’s population has increased over the last years.

15:12, december 1, 2017

Tajik MPs believe that the day is near when Tajikistan will turn into industrial-agrarian country

Tajik parliamentarians believe that Tajikistan will turn into industrial-agrarian country in the near future.

14:20, december 1, 2017

International Bank of Tajikistan opens its banking service center in Buston

The International Bank of Tajikistan (IBT) has opened its banking service center in the northern city of Buston (formerly Chkalovsk), Sughd province.

12:02, december 1, 2017

OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe establishes youth network of gender champions

A youth network of gender champions, composed of 45 young adults, including 15 men and 30 women, was established by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe in Tajikistan on November 29.

11:20, december 1, 2017

Current number of officially reported cases of HIV in Tajikistan is some 14,000

According to official statistical data, a current number of officially reported cases of HIV in Tajikistan is some 14,000, Davron Muhamadiyev, Coordinator for the Health Care Issues, the IFRC's

10:25, december 1, 2017

One of Dushanbe’s wholesale markets expected to be demolished soon

Dushanbe authorities have decided to demolish one of Dushanbe’s wholesale markets -- Shanghai Bazar, better known as Khitoi (Chinese) Bazaar.

09:43, december 1, 2017

Mobile phone operators do not have access to fixed-line phones for already three days

Mobile phone operators have not had access to fixed-line phones of Tajik Telecom (Tajikistan's fixed-line telecommunications network) for already three days.

17:21, november 30, 2017

Joint meeting of CSTO foreign ministers, defense ministers, security council secretaries held in Minsk

A joint meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, the Council of Defense Ministers and the Committee of Security Council Secretaries of member nations of the Collective Security Treaty

16:50, november 30, 2017

Barqi Tojik launches hotline for reporting complaints

Barqi Tojik (Tajikistan’s national integrated power company) has launched a hotline for reporting complaints.

15:55, november 30, 2017

Committee for Tourism Development launches its website

The Committee for Tourism Development (Committee) under the Government of Tajikistan has launched its website – www.traveltajikistan.tj.

15:16, november 30, 2017

Greek court denies extradition request from Tajik authorities for IRPT activist

A court in Greece has denied an extradition request from the Tajik authorities for a member of the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan (IRPT)’s political council, Shohnaim Karim, also known as

14:47, november 30, 2017

Agroinvestbonk reportedly embarks on desperate fire sale

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14:20, november 30, 2017

National conference on competency based education kicks off in Dushanbe today

A two-day national conference on competency based education kicked off in Dushanbe today.

11:53, november 30, 2017

Electricity promised to the population will be supplied to a new aluminum smelter

We have calculated that electricity generated by the first two units of the Roghun hydroelectric power plant (HPP) will be enough to just only provide with electricity a new aluminum smelter,

11:00, november 30, 2017

Tajikistan, ECO Cultural Institute discuss cooperation

Issues related to cooperation in the field of culture within the framework of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Cultural Institute were discussed here yesterday at a meeting of Nizomiddin

10:34, november 30, 2017

Japan’s Government provides snow removal machines to Tajikistan

On Wednesday November 29, Mr.

10:20, november 30, 2017

SECURITY

U.S. Army Central Command’s deputy commanding general visits Tajikistan

Major General Terrence McKenrick, Deputy Commander of U.S. Army Central Command, visited Tajikistan to meet with senior Tajikistan leaders and U.S. Embassy officials.

10:12, november 30, 2017

Uzbek shopping mall opens in Dushanbe

Uzbekistan has opened its shopping mall, Uztrade, in Dushanbe.

09:55, november 30, 2017

Long lasting construction of 5-star hotel exempted from paying taxes for the umpteenth time

A long lasting construction of a 5-star “Ismoili Somoni” Hotel in Dushanbe has been exempted from paying taxes for the umpteenth time.

17:01, november 29, 2017

LAW-ORDER

Chief of drug control unit at police department of Bobojon-Ghafourov district faces corruption charges

The chief of the drug control unit at the police department of the Bobojon-Ghafourov district in the Sughd province has been detained on suspicion of bribery.

15:50, november 29, 2017

MPs once again raise the issue of payment by distressed banks of savings to their customers

Deputies of the Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament) have raised the issue of payment by distressed banks of savings to their customers once again.

15:16, november 29, 2017

Emulsion explosives plant expected to be built in Danghara in the coming two years

The emulsion explosives plant expected to be built in the Danghara district of the Khatlon province in the coming two years.

14:34, november 29, 2017

JICA continues supporting rural development in Tajikistan’s areas bordering Afghanistan

The last seventh meeting of the Steering Committee of the “Livelihoods Improvement in Tajik-Afghan Cross-Border Areas (LITACA)” Project took place at UNDP Dushanbe Office on November 24.

12:04, november 29, 2017