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Iran welcomes increasing investment in Chabahar Port

Iranian First Vice-President Mohammad Mokhber said on August 21 that Tehran welcomes increasing investment in Iran\s Chabahar Port.

11:45, august 22, 2022

Tajikistan’s financial regulator raises refinancing rate by 0.25 percent

The National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT) has raised the refinancing rate by 0.25 percent.

11:07, august 22, 2022

Central Asian migrant workers hired for seasonal jobs in UK want more work to cover expenses

Radio Liberty says thousands of laborers from Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan came to Britain this year under the U.K.

10:29, august 22, 2022

Uzbek government launches the process of privatization of the national air carrier

Uzbekistan’s Duniyo News says the state share of 51 percent and more in the authorized capital of the Joint Stock Company (JSC) Uzbekistan Airways must be put up for auction before

09:58, august 22, 2022

For Afghan refugees trying to make a new life abroad, Tajikistan feels like a step backwards

Even before Kabul fell to the Taliban a year ago, a large Afghan community had taken up residence in Vahdat Township in Tajikistan.

16:51, august 19, 2022

WORLD

Is Ahmad Massoud is a real leader or his courage is limited only by the media space?

The leader of the National Resistance Front (NRF) of Afghanistan Ahmad Massoud recently has given a series of interviews in which he has made very bold statements.

15:20, august 19, 2022

LAW-ORDER

Tajik national detained at Surgut airport with a large amount of undeclared cash

A Tajik national has been detained at an airport of the Russian city of Surgut with a large amount of undeclared cash.

14:39, august 19, 2022

About 420,000 tons of onions produced in Tajikistan this year so far. Will prices fall?

Tajikistan has produced about 420,000 tons of onions this year so far, which is more than 50 percent of onion crop grown in the country last year.

11:34, august 19, 2022

Iran national junior badminton team back home from Dushanbe with 12 medals

Iranian junior badminton players have won 8 out of 10 gold medals at the 2022 Tajikistan Junior Asian Badminton Championship that took place in Tajikistan’s capital, Dushanbe, on August 12-15.

11:04, august 19, 2022

SECURITY

Tajik, Russian Security Council Secretaries concerned over activation of terrorist groups in Afghanistan

Tajik Security Council Secretary Nasrullo Mahmoudzoda met with his Russian counterpart Nikolai Patrushev in Uzbekistan’s capital, Tashkent, on the sidelines of the 17th Meeting of Security

10:23, august 19, 2022

Testing starts for studying in schools build under financial support of the Russian Federation

Testing for pupils from the 2nd to the 8th grades wanting to study in new Russian-language schools built in the country under financial support of the Russian will be conducted from August 20-27.

09:24, august 19, 2022

The 15th Roof of the World Festival returns to Khorog

After two years of the pandemic, the 15th International Culture and Tourism Festival “Roof of the World” is kicking off in the Central Park of Khorog city, the capital of the Gorno

17:22, august 18, 2022

Investors from four foreign countries participate in international investment forum in Khorog

An international investment forum, dubbed Pamir Invest 2022, took place in Khorog, the capital of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO), on August 17.

16:42, august 18, 2022

Tajikistan has the lowest per capita GDP among the 15 former Soviet republics

Tajikistan is the only country in the post-Soviet space that under the new World Bank country classifications by income level is ranked among low-income countries.

14:48, august 18, 2022

EBRD increases green and SME financing in Tajikistan

Thousands of small and microbusinesses across Tajikistan will be able to continue their activity and take on board green technologies thanks to a financial package of up to US$6 million mobilized by

14:09, august 18, 2022

Monument installed in Danghara to commemorate four foreign cycling tourists disappear

A monument in the form of a black bicycle installed in Khatlon’s Danghara district to commemorate four foreign cycling tourists, who were brutally killed brutally killed in the district

13:02, august 18, 2022

US ambassador visits GBAO to attend Pamir Investment Forum, review US assistance program

On August 16-17, U.S. Ambassador to Tajikistan John Mark Pommersheim visited Tajikistan’s Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO). The U.S.

11:45, august 18, 2022

INCIDENTS

Son of legendary Tajik wrestler suspected of murder

A son of known Tajik wrestler Saidmumin Rahimov, who was the first sambo world champion from Tajikistan, has been detained on suspicion of murder.

11:13, august 18, 2022

POWER

Rahmon shakes up financial and law enforcement officials

President Emomali Rahmon yesterday introduced a number of staff changes, according to the Tajik president’s official website. Thus, by president’s decree Mr.

10:32, august 18, 2022

POWER

Director of Tajikistan’s leading TV channel replaced

By order issued by Chairman of the Committee for TV and Radio-broadcasting under the Government of Tajikistan Director of Tajikistan’s national broadcaster Televisioni Tojikiston has been

10:08, august 18, 2022

LAW-ORDER

case of popular blogger moves to a court

A case of a popular blogger Avazmat Ghurbatov, who is better known by the pseudonym of Abdullo Ghurbati, has moved to a court.

14:55, august 17, 2022

WORLD

Ex-Afghan Special Forces personnel fighting in Ukraine, says Russian Foreign Ministry

The Russian Foreign Ministry has reportedly revealed that some of the former Afghan Special Forces servicemen are fighting alongside Ukrainian nationalists.

14:13, august 17, 2022

Water crisis in Central Asia might cause food security problems, mass migration, and even conflicts

The Central Asian nations can be divided into two groups – upstream (Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan) and downstream countries (Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan).

11:18, august 17, 2022

Tajik judoka wins silver at the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games in Turkiye

Tajik Komronshoh Ustopiriyon has won a silver medal at the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games, finishing second in the wright category of -90kg.

10:21, august 17, 2022

A new freight railway route paved from China to Central Asia

A new freight railway route connecting China’s eastern province of Jiangsu with Central Asian countries began operating on August 13, Kazakhstan’s The Astana Times reported on August

09:58, august 17, 2022

Kazakhstan intends to establish differentiated prices for diesel fuel

Kazakh authorities want to introduce differentiated prices for diesel fuel for transit transport and the cost of fuel at border gas stations will differ depending on the residence of the purchased

17:35, august 16, 2022

Rail traffic between Tajikistan and Russia resumes

After a two-year suspension due to the coronavirus pandemic, rail traffic has resumed between Tajikistan and the Russian Federation.

16:54, august 16, 2022