Tajkistan

Tajik national power utility company now owes 1.17 billion somoni to OJSC Sangtudinskaya GES-1

The debt of Barqi Tojik (power holding (a national integrated power company of Tajikistan) to Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) Sangtudinskaya GES-1, which operates the Sangtuda-1 hydroelectric power

11:36, april 26, 2019

SECURITY

Resident of Farkhor gets lengthy jail term for preparation of terrorist attack on interior ministry building

A 23-year-old resident of Farkhor district (Khatlon province) has got a lengthy jail term for preparation of terrorist attack on an Interior Ministry building in Dushanbe.

10:45, april 26, 2019

What do we know about new deputy head of President’s Executive Office?

On Tuesday April 23, Saadi Qodirzoda, formerly head of the Antimonopoly Service under the Government of Tajikistan, was appointed deputy head of President’s Executive Office.

09:50, april 26, 2019

POLITICS

Tajik, Uzbek presidents hold talks in Beijing to discuss cooperation

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon yesterday held talks with his Uzbek counterpart Shavkat Mirziyoyev in Beijing on the sidelines of the second Belt and Road forum.

17:10, april 25, 2019

Dushanbe International Ethno-Jazz Festival opens its doors again

The Dushanbe Ethno-Jazz Festival, which traditionally offers a rare opportunity for an intense intercultural dialogue between Tajikistan and other countries, is kicking off tomorrow.

16:41, april 25, 2019

Tajik school students win 22 medals at international computer project competition in Romania

Tajik school students have reportedly won twenty-two medals at INFOMATRIX 2019, an international computer project competition that took place in the Romanian capital, Bucharest, from April 20 to

15:32, april 25, 2019

LAW-ORDER

Russian district police officer whose negligence caused murder of Tajik girl sentenced to 10 months of correctional labor

Russian district police officer whose professional negligence caused the murder of a 5-year-old Tajik girl has been sentenced to 10 months of correctional labor.

14:37, april 25, 2019

SECURITY

Dushanbe-Khujand highway closed for traffic because of rockfalls and heavy snow

Dushanbe-Khujand highway has been closed for traffic since Wednesday evening because of heavy snow and rockfalls caused by torrential rains.

11:41, april 25, 2019

Dilshod Nazarov collects the fifth Asian hummer title

Tajikistan’s Rio Olympics champion Dilshod Nazarov has collected the fifth Asian hummer title in Doha, Qatar, according to the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Tajikistan.

11:19, april 25, 2019

POLITICS

Emomali Rahmon departs for China for participation in the second Belt and Road forum

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon departed today morning for Beijing for participation in the second Belt and Road forum.

10:56, april 25, 2019

INCIDENTS

Communication shaft blows up in Dushanbe after water gets into it

Communication shaft blew up in Dushanbe yesterday night after rain water get into it, according to the Interior Ministry’s website.

09:57, april 25, 2019

SECURITY

Natural disasters caused by recent torrential rains leave three dead in Tajikistan

Torrential rains on April 24 caused natural disasters that left three dead in Tajikistan.

17:34, april 24, 2019

Rustam Emomali elected to head the Central Asian Football Association

Dushanbe Mayor Rustam Emomali, who is also President of the Tajikistan Football Federation (TFF), has been elected to head the Central Asian Football Association (CAFA), according to the TFF press

17:05, april 24, 2019

Tajik authorities expected to launch project aimed at completing electrification of rural areas

Villages in the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) and Khatlon province will be connected to the centralized power supply system, according to the Ministry of Energy and Water Resources

16:37, april 24, 2019

Space Free of Stigma: Participants of Hackathon in Soughd Develop Products/Projects for Women living with HIV

UN Women in close cooperation with UNAIDS and Tajikistan Network of Women living with HIV will organize the first Hackathon on issues of women and HIV from April 29-30.

15:20, april 24, 2019

Tajik authorities restrict access to social networking sites again

Tajik authorities have restricted access to social networking sites again. Websites of Asia-Plus and Avesta news agencies remain blocked.

11:23, april 24, 2019

FMFB, WFP sign an agreement to facilitate cash based transfer (CBT)

The First MicroFinanceBank (FMFB) has been selected as the Financial Service Provider to maintain a secure and cost efficient delivery system to transfer cash assistance to UN World Food Programme

10:34, april 24, 2019

Tajikistan’s rescuers put on around the clock duty

In connection with unstable weather conditions and ongoing torrential rains, employees of the Committee on Emergency Situations and Civil Defense (Emergencies Committee) under the Government of

10:08, april 24, 2019

Ten streets in the Tajik capital left without electricity for seven hours today

The practice of cutting off electricity to some areas of Dushanbe is going on. Today, ten streets and one neighborhood in Dushanbe will be left without electricity for seven hours.

09:54, april 24, 2019

Unofficial leader of Tajikistan’s banned Salafiya movement supports decision to increase Internet rates

Eshoni Sirojiddin Abdurahmonov, the unofficial leader of Tajikistan’s banned Salafiya movement, has supported a government move to increase Internet rates, accusing social media of being the

09:35, april 24, 2019

President cancels Antimonopoly Agency’s order to increase Internet rates.

President Emomali Rahmon yesterday issued an order that reversed the Internet rate hikes. By president’s order appropriate measures have been taken against responsible persons.

17:15, april 23, 2019

Activists collect signatures in Dushanbe against Antimonopoly Agency’s order to raise Internet prices

Activists in Dushanbe have begun collecting signatures under an appeal to President Emomali Rahmon with solicitation to cancel the Antimonopoly’s order to raise prices for mobile Internet and

16:40, april 23, 2019

Head of Tajikistan's Antimonopoly Agency reportedly dismissed amid criticism of Internet price hike

Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service says the head of Tajikistan’s Antimonopoly Agency has been dismissed amid criticism over the agency’s decision to increase Internet fees in the

15:25, april 23, 2019

Head of antimonopoly agency replaced

President Emomali Rahmon has introduced a number of staff changes.

14:53, april 23, 2019

Agricultural lending has good potential to develop in Tajikistan, says expert

Tajikistan is an agrarian country and agricultural finance has a good potential to develop here, Farrukh Karimboyev, Agri-finance Expert at IFC Tajikistan told Asia-Plus in an interview.

11:48, april 23, 2019

INCIDENTS

Residents of the Kyrgyz village of Aksai pelt stones at Tajik cars passing through the village

Residents of the Tajik exclave of Vorukh reportedly could not pass through the Kyrgyz village of Aksai for twelve hours as residents of the village were pelting stones at their cars.

11:08, april 23, 2019

INCIDENTS

Mudslides seriously damages children’s summer camp in Varzob

Sunday’s mudslides have seriously damaged the Interior Ministry-run children’s summer camp located in Varzob district.

10:21, april 23, 2019

Tajik athletes win two silver medals at Asia-Pacific Judo Championships in UAE

Tajik athletes have won two silver medals at the Asia-Pacific Judo Championships 2019 that took place in Fujairah City, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from April 19 to April 22.

09:55, april 23, 2019

Dushanbe hosts Tajikistan Open 2019 Taekwondo WT this week

Tajikistan Open 2019 Taekwondo WT is expected to take place in Dushanbe from April 26-26.

09:38, april 23, 2019