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The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) marked the completion of the Feed the Future Tajikistan Health and Nutrition activity that over the past five years has improved the health and nutrition of women and children in western Khatlon, according t the U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe. The U.S. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan is studying the pros and cons of other countries that have already joined the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), the Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Zavqi Zavqizoda, told reporters in Dushanbe. asiaplustj.info »
Eid festivities in the district of Tosh-Bulak in Naryn (Kyrgyzstan) received a welcome surprise when the University of Central Asia (UCA) brought care packages containing food, hand sanitizers, masks, and other supplies. asiaplustj.info »
Rolling blackouts have been resumed in some areas of Dushanbe in connection with routine maintenance work on power stations in these areas, according to the Dushanbe electricity supply network. asiaplustj.info »
The University of Central Asia (UCA) and the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) in Tajikistan on July 27 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop Khorog into a safe and resilient city, and collaborate on several educational initiatives, including research capacities of young and mid-career scientists and lecturers. asiaplustj.info »
Three more labs for implementation of COVID diagnostic test are expected to be launched in the Sughd province in the near future soon, according to the Sughd Center for Sanitary and Epidemiological Supervision. asiaplustj.info »
In a report released at a news conference in Dushanbe, Finance Minister Faiziddin Qahhorzoda noted on July 29 that President’s order to raise wages and pensions will be implemented despite everything According to him, the national budget for this year has earmarked funds necessary for implementing this order of the president. asiaplustj.info »
The European Union (EU) and the Republic of Tajikistan held their eighth Cooperation Committee on 28 July, according to the EU Delegation to Tajikistan. The meeting that was co-chaired by Mr. Luc Pierre Devigne, acting Managing Director for Russia, Eastern Partnership, Central Asia, Regional Cooperation and OSCE at the European External Action Service and Mr. asiaplustj.info »
Rolling blackouts have been resumed in some areas of Dushanbe in connection with routine maintenance work on power stations in these areas, according to the Dushanbe electricity supply network. asiaplustj.info »
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) marked the completion of the Feed the Future Tajikistan Health and Nutrition activity that over the past five years has improved the health and nutrition of women and children in western Khatlon. According to the U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe, the U.S. asiaplustj.info »
Over the first six months of this year, Tajikistan has increased production of gold and silver by 7. 1 and 7. 2 percent respectively produced, according to the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies (MoINT). asiaplustj.info »
Some 500 Tajik nationals are currently living in camps in Syrian territories controlled by Kurds, Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin told reporters in Dushanbe on July 27. “There are 286 women and children among them who want to return home. asiaplustj.info »
Iranian media reports say Iran has sent two cargoes from Shahid Rajaee Port in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas to Kyrgyzstan through Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan-Afghanistan-Iran (KTAI) corridor for the first time to officially launch the mentioned corridor. asiaplustj.info »
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs pursued its activities in the first half of 2020 based on the requirements of the Constitution and laws of Tajikistan, national legal and regulatory framework, decrees, orders and instructions of the head of state, as well as the decisions and guidance of the Government, the Regulation on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan, the Foreign Policy Concept asiaplustj.info »
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, KfW and Pamir Energy signed the Grant and Project implementing agreement for construction of a small hydroelectric power plant (HPP) in the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) of Tajikistan According to the European Union Delegation to Tajikistan, the document was inked by the Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Mr. asiaplustj.info »
President Emomali Rahmon yesterday visited Hisor to get acquainted with the socioeconomic situation in the area, according to the Tajik president’s official website. In the village of Hayoti Nav, the head of stated visited the household plot of Talabsho Davlatov family. asiaplustj.info »
On Wednesday July 22, as part of its Team Europe Global Response, the European Commission announced ˆ112.2 million to strengthen health, education and social services in Tajikistan and support the country in its coronavirus response, according to the European Union Delegation to Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Beginning on September 1, old-age and employment pensions will be raised by 15 percent, while disability pensions will be raised by 50 percent, Dilmurod Davlatzoda, Director of the Agency for Social Insurance and Pensions under the Government of Tajikistan, told reporters in Dushanbe on July 21. asiaplustj.info »
President Emomali Rahmon is paying working visit to the city of Hisor and the district of Roudaki today, a source within the Tajik government told Asia-Plus in an interview. asiaplustj.info »
A new sports website, Sports.tj , has been launched in Tajikistan. It will tell about achievements of Tajik athletes and will provide international and republican sports news. “It is a new project that has taken into consideration interests of the majority of sports enthusiast, fans and those, who like a healthy lifestyle,” Sports. asiaplustj.info »
Construction of new buildings for Tajik parliament and government is expected to begin in Dushanbe soon. Construction of the new buildings for Tajik parliament and government will begin in Dushanbe as soon as Chinese contractors arrive, the head of the Committee for Architecture and Construction, Jamshed Ahmadzoda, told reporters in Dushanbe on July 17. asiaplustj.info »
Five Central Asia’s nations and China yesterday agreed to launch a foreign ministers' meeting mechanism to meet regularly to jointly address challenges, and pursue development and prosperity. The agreement came when the first China + Central Asia (C+C5) foreign ministers meeting was held via video link. asiaplustj.info »
Presided over by Dushanbe Mayor Rustam Emomali, the second session of the Dushanbe local council (Majlis) took place on July 15 to review the past half-year’s work and set tasks for the second half-year, according to the Dushanbe Administration press center. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin yesterday held meeting with ambassadors of China, India, Saudi Arabia and Ukraine to discuss cooperation in combating the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), according to the Tajik MFA information department Sirojiddin Muhriddin and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of asiaplustj.info »
Torrential rains on July 13 and 14 caused mudslides that have damaged rural road and farmlands in Asht and Isfara districts of Sughd province, according to the Emergencies Committee under the Government of Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
The State Committee for Science and Technologies of Belarus and the Ministry of Education and Science of Tajikistan announce the first joint science and technology projects contest for 2021-2022, according to BelTA news agency. asiaplustj.info »
President Emomali Rahmon has extended condolences to leaders of Japan and China over deadly floods that his the countries on July 3, according t the Tajik president’s official website. In his message to Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Rahmon noted that he was deeply by the tragic loss of lives and extensive damage caused by floods and landslides in southern Japan. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan will organize a charter flight on July 9 to repatriate its nationals stranded in Kazakhstan due to coronavirus crisis, according to the Tajik MFA information department. Tajikistan’s privately owned air carrier Somon Air will operate the Dushanbe-Almaty-Dushanbe flight. asiaplustj.info »
President Emomali Rahmon on July 4 signed the law penalizing for distribution of ‘inaccurate’ and ‘untruthful’ information about pandemic and not wearing face masks in public or failing to practice physical distancing of two meters. asiaplustj.info »
The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) Tajikistan has presented medical and emergency response items to the local governments of Khatlon and Sughd to aid ongoing COVID-19 response efforts in these regions, according to the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN). asiaplustj.info »
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $30 million grant to Tajikistan to strengthen the skills of the country’s youth, women, and labor migrants to improve their employability and wages, and enhance the capacity of employment and migration agencies, according to the DB Tajikistan Resident Mission (TJRM). The grant is accompanied by an additional $1. asiaplustj.info »
Coronavirus cases are shooting up in the Central Asia region. Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan started registering new cases of COVID-19 no longer after they eased restrictions put in place to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. In a statement delivered to the press, Dr. Hans Henri P. asiaplustj.info »
There a young man from Dangara and a man from Vakhsh drowned. Rescuers of the Committee for Emergency Situations and Civil Defense of Tajikistan are searching for two bodies - a teenager and a man who drowned on June 24, the press center of the CoES of Tajikistan reports. asiaplustj.info »
In mountainous regions with limited agricultural lands, rugged topography, and large gradients, the preservation of agrobiodiversity and an appreciation of traditional knowledge about food systems are essential ingredients of a sustainable future, therefore, the University of Central Asia’s Mountain Societies Research Institute (MSRI) has begun to engage in food systems research in asiaplustj.info »
Civic society’s organizations, media outlets and independent journalists have called on President Emomali Rahmon and Majlisi Milli (Tajikistan’s upper chamber of parliament) Speaker Rustam Emomali not to approve and sign amendments recently made to the country’s administrative code. asiaplustj.info »
Over the first summer month alone, 28 people, including 9 teens under the age of 16, have drowned in rivers and lakes of Tajikistan, according to the Emergencies Committee under the Government of Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan intends to resume flights to Uzbekistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) beginning on July 1. These flights will be resumed in line with the decision made by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on COVID-19 Response on June 17. asiaplustj.info »
President Emomali Rahmon, who is also Head of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, has introduced a number of staff changes, according to the Tajik president’s official website. Thus, by government’s decree Mr. asiaplustj.info »
Eleven prison inmates and three prison guards have died since late March, Mansourjon Umarov, the head of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of the Ministry of Justice of Tajikistan, told Asia-Plus in an interview. asiaplustj.info »
In Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral in Northern Pakistan, the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) and the Aga Khan Health Services (AKHS), with support from Better Shelter, are setting up six COVID-19 rapid response centers using prefabricated materials and modular designs. asiaplustj.info »
Chronicles of Turkmenistan reports that there are no people except guards and staff in the quarantine zone and the specially-designated department of Turkmenabat’s infectious diseases hospital, where citizens who had arrived in Turkmenistan from other countries and locals who might potentially test positive for COVID-19 were placed. asiaplustj.info »
On Wednesday June 10, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and World Bank Vice-President for Europe and Central Asia Anna Bjerde discussed by video conference issues related to cooperation between Tajikistan and the World Bank, including Tajikistan’s response to the global COVID-19, according to the Tajik president’s official website. asiaplustj.info »
The COVID –19 Tajikistan Situation Report # 109 June 2020 , which was produced by the Office of UN Resident Coordinator and OCHA HAT in collaboration with international partners and covers the period of June 2-8, 2020, says that Tajikistan’s Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population (MoHSPP) reported that as of June 8, 1,701 healthcare workers (36% of total asiaplustj.info »
A new car bridge over the Tejen River at the Sarakhs–Sarakhs checkpoint along Iran’s common border with Turkmenistan was inaugurated on June 8 with the presence of the Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami and Turkmenistan’s Minister of Construction and Architecture Rahim Gandymov, IRNA reports. The bridge is 96 meters long and 15. asiaplustj.info »
The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) in Tajikistan, the Government of Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) and their partners have launched the construction of critical social infrastructure in Khorog Town, according to the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN). asiaplustj.info »
Dushanbe Mayor Rustam Emomali yesterday held a meeting with heads of Dushanbe’s districts, senior representatives of law enforcement authorities and heads of local markets and bazaars to discuss the COVID-19 situation in the city and the implementation of the decision of the Republican Commission for Further Prevention of Spread of COVID-19 on tightening ant-epidemic measures in the asiaplustj.info »
Bazaars, cafes, beauty salons, hairdressing saloons and barber's shops are expected to resume operations in Tajikistan starting on June 15. All the mentioned facilities must ensure regular disinfection of premises and control observance of social distancing rules by visitors. asiaplustj.info »
The U.S. government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) are initiating a combined $2.6 million response to COVID-19 in Tajikistan over the next twelve months. asiaplustj.info »
Human health is the dominant issue these days in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. But what are the causes, and above all, what can we all do together to prevent such pandemics in the future? One answer could be to better protect our environment and natural resources – but would this really help to prevent the outbreak of diseases like COVID-19? asiaplustj.info »
The Civil Aviation of Tajikistan and the Russian Embassy in Dushanbe say the air traffic between Tajikistan has not yet been restored and it will remain closed until the coronavirus situation is stabilized. asiaplustj.info »
