Tajkistan

Russia to finance construction of a new outpost on Afghan border

Russia has provided 1.1 million U.S. dollars to Tajikistan for construction of a new outpost on the Tajik-Afghan border, a senior Russian diplomat said, amid worsening conflict in Afghanistan as U.S.

16:05, august 12, 2021

Police in Dushanbe burn a large consignment of narcotic drugs

Police in Dushanbe burned 1,126.95 kilograms of narcotic drugs on August 12, according to the Interior Ministry press center. A totaled reportedly included 34.390 kilograms of heroin, 214.

15:15, august 12, 2021

LAW-ORDER

Russia extradites eight criminal suspects to Tajikistan

Russia has extradited eight criminal suspects to Tajikistan.

14:50, august 12, 2021

Outgoing British ambassador bids farewell to Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin

Outgoing British Ambassador to Tajikistan Matthew Lawson conferred here on August 11 with Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin at the end of his tenure to Tajikistan, according to the Tajik

11:41, august 12, 2021

POWER

Public transport fares expected to rise in Dushanbe

Public transport fares are expected to rise in the Tajik capital.

10:37, august 12, 2021

Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine may get UN health agency’s approval in September

Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine is currently going through legal procedures to secure an approval of the World Health Organization (WHO), WHO Assistant Director General Mariangela Simao

10:18, august 12, 2021

70 new officially confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Tajikistan

Seventy new officially confirmed cases of COVID-19 were reported in Tajikistan yesterday, bringing a total number of COVID-19 cases officially reported in the country since June 21 to 2,482.

14:58, august 11, 2021

ECONOMY

Dushanbe proposes Beijing to increase Kulma BCP’s throughput capacity

Operations of the Kulma-Qarasu border crossing point (BCP) were discussed at a virtual meeting of Tajik Minister of Transport Azim Ibrohim with Deputy Head of China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous

13:37, august 11, 2021

Russia hands over mobile medical units to Tajikistan

Russia has handed over mobile medical units to Tajikistan.

11:23, august 11, 2021

Russia continues equipping it military base in Tajikistan with new weapons

The Russian military base deployed in Tajikistan has received new weapons amid aggravation of the situation in Afghanistan.

10:05, august 11, 2021

Russian forces to continue conducting regular drills with its Central Asian allies near the Afghan border

A ten-day trilateral military exercise involving military personnel of Tajikistan, Russia and Uzbekistan completed in Tajikistan’s Khatlon province yesterday.

09:34, august 11, 2021

72 new cases of СOVID-19 and one coronavirus-linked death officially confirmed in Tajikistan yesterday

One more officially confirmed coronavirus-linked death was reported in Tajikistan yesterday, bringing a total number of the coronavirus-linked deaths officially confirmed in the country since June

17:06, august 10, 2021

DHL resumes operations in Tajikistan

An international courier, package delivery and express mail service, DHL International GmbH (DHL), has resumed its operations in Tajikistan, one of its employees in Tajikistan told Asia-Plus in an

14:42, august 10, 2021

Germany to donate 100,800 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Tajikistan

As part of a pledge to deliver COVID-9 vaccines to developing countries, Germany will deliver COVID-19 vaccines to Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.

14:09, august 10, 2021

First consignment of COVID vaccine donated by Swedish Government arrived in Tajikistan on August 9

The first consignment of COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine, including 128,640 doses, donated by the Government of Sweden, arrived in Dushanbe on August 9.

13:35, august 10, 2021

Tajik, Kyrgyz topographic working groups meet in Dushanbe

A regular meeting of the topographic working groups of the Tajik and Kyrgyz governmental delegations on the delimitation and demarcation of the mutual border took place in Dushanbe on August 4-9.

11:19, august 10, 2021

Tension growing along CSTO perimeter, says CSTO secretary-general

Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Stanislav Zas during a working visit to Armenia noted the growing tension along the perimeter of the CSTO area of

11:06, august 10, 2021

Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan complete joint military drills near Afghan border

Tajikistan, Russia and Uzbekistan have completed joint military exercise at the Harbmaidon range in Tajikistan’s Khatlon province located some 20 kilometers from the border with Afghanistan.

10:41, august 10, 2021

ECONOMY

Russian authorities decide not to introduce a ban on gasoline exports

Russian authorities have decided not to introduce a ban on gasoline exports.

10:02, august 10, 2021

LAW-ORDER

Chief of BCP along the Tajik-Uzbek border dismissed after citizens' complaints about bribery

Chief of the border crossing point (BCP) Fotehobod (Oybek) long Tajikistan’s common border with Uzbekistan Olim Sattorov and two his deputies have been dismissed, Radio Liberty’s Tajik

09:17, august 10, 2021

Sixty-nine new officially confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Tajikistan yesterday

Sixty-nine new officially confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Tajikistan as of the evening of August 9, bringing a total number of COVID-19 cases officially reported in the country

16:34, august 9, 2021

Teacher from Isfara to join the ranks of members of Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament soon

The powers of the member of the Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower house of parliament), Ms.

10:48, august 9, 2021

Some universities in Tajikistan do not accept documents from unvaccinated applicants

In some Tajik universities unvaccinated applicants they are not admitted to the entrance exams.

09:52, august 9, 2021

211 new officially confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Tajikistan over the past three days

211 new officially confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Tajikistan over the past three days, bringing a total number of COVID-19 cases officially reported in the country since June 21 to

16:45, august 6, 2021

Tajik leader awarded the “Honorable Decoration of Heads of States of Central Asia”

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon attended the third Consultative Meeting of Leaders of Central Asian Nations that took place in Turkmenistan on August 6.

15:51, august 6, 2021

Vulnerable households in Tajikistan to receive one-time emergency cash assistance

Until the end of this year, 165,000 vulnerable families in Tajikistan will receive 500 somonis in in an emergency cash assistance each, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population

14:41, august 6, 2021

Experts propose to set up climate change learning hub in Central Asia

Organized by the Regional Environmental Center for Central Asia (CAREC) jointly with the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan within the framework of the World Bank / IFAS project “Climate

13:59, august 6, 2021

ECONOMY

It will take 10 or 15 years to bring GBAO roads into line with international standards, says GBAO governor

It is impossible to rehabilitate all roads in the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) in three or five years, GBAO Governor Yodgor Fayzov told reporters in Khorog on August 4.

11:22, august 6, 2021

Russian military bases in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan to be used in case of aggression from Afghanistan, says Russian defense minister

The Russian military bases in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan will be used in protecting the borders of the CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization) member nations in case of a direct aggression from

10:37, august 6, 2021