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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has allocated a $928,000 grant for Tajikistan to procure additional personal protective equipment for health care workers to support the country’s efforts in combatting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). asiaplustj.info »
“This year, we have allocated 2.1 billion somoni for completion of construction of the Roghun hydroelectric power plant (HPP) and 1.3 billion somoni have already been utilized over the first six months of this year,” Finance Minister Faiziddin Qahhorzoda told reporters in Dushanbe on July 29. 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 »
Kyrgyz media reports say Kyrgyz authorities have designated July 30 as the day of national mourning for citizens who died of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). asiaplustj.info »
The European Union (EU) Delegation to Tajikistan has published a new call for proposals to support non-profit organizations, such as non-governmental organizations, public sector operators, local authorities or international organizations. asiaplustj.info »
A tripartite grant agreement for 18.6 million euros was signed in Dushanbe on July 22. According to the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (MoEDT) press center, the Minister of Economic Development and Trade Zavqi Zavqizoda signed this document with the German development Bank (KfW). asiaplustj.info »
A judge at the Hisor city court has been arrested on suspicion of taking bribe, according to the press center of the Agency for State Financial Control and Combating Corruption. Judge Zaidullo Sobirzoda reportedly demanded 30,000 somoni from local resident for commutation of sentence. asiaplustj.info »
Investigation into the rape of a 12-year-old girl by her 42-year-old cousin in Hisor is going on, says the Tashabbusi Huquqi (Legal Imitative) Public Foundation, which has provided defense to the girl. asiaplustj.info »
The Supreme Court of Tajikistan is considering criminal proceedings instituted against 103 people, suspected of being members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood group and supporting this group. asiaplustj.info »
Two leading officials for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) are suddenly out of office after an extension of their mandates was rejected by Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
In an address delivered virtually at this year’s High-Level Segment of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) session statement, Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi noted on July 17 that “While marching forward on the path to development, we are not forgetting our responsibility towards our planet. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan experiences multiple natural hazards such as avalanches, earthquakes, floods, mudflows and landslides every year. According to data from the Emergencies Committee under the Government of Tajikistan, there are 381 disaster-prone areas in the country, with more than 30 percent of them being landslide-prone areas. 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 »
Set at 2,200 meters above sea level, Khorog is one of the highest cities in Central Asia. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik Minister of Economic Development and Trade Zavqi Zavqizoda and Chinese Ambassador to Tajikistan Liu Bin held a virtual meeting on July 14 to discuss cooperation issues, according to the press center of the Ministry Economic Development and Trade (MoEDT). asiaplustj.info »
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has launched Cash for Work projects to support 15,000 vulnerable people in eastern Tajikistan who have been affected by the socio-economic shocks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. asiaplustj.info »
“Is it true that after the work of the Chinese, even the weed does not grow in the fields?” Such a question was asked at a news conference given by senior representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture in Dushanbe on July 13. asiaplustj.info »
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will award a 105 million USD grant to Tajikistan in the framework of the Power Sector Development Program (PSDP), Deputy Minister of Energy and Water Resources, Jamshed Shoimzoda, told reporters in Dushanbe on July 13. asiaplustj.info »
Russian media reports say Russia cancels 14-day isolation for arrivals since July 15. asiaplustj.info »
A court in Dushanbe has suspended the operations of one of the few remaining independent pollsters in Tajikistan, the Zerkalo (Mirror) Center For Social Studies, according to Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service . asiaplustj.info »
The Dushanbe Administration has determined a new location for Dushanbe Zoo. A new Zoo will be constructed on the northern outskirts of Tajik capital, on the Varzob River bank. Design of a new Dushanbe Zoo has been developed by Moscow planners and it has been submitted for consideration to the Dushanbe Main Directorate for Architecture and Town-Planning. asiaplustj.info »
The communications service agency is not going to reduce the price for Internet to support development of online (distance) leaning in Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Commissioner for Children's Rights (Ombudsman) in Tajikistan has reportedly taken the case of rape of a 12-year-old girl in Hisor under control. However, nobody has visited the girl so far. “The case is very delicate,” they say. “Commissioner for Children's Rights in Tajikistan, Ms. asiaplustj.info »
A court in Dushanbe has sentenced Yusuf Ziyoyev to life in prison on July 9. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan has asked for additional assistance from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for its pandemic-affected economy. In a letter written to ADB President Masatsugu Asakawa, First Deputy Prime Minister, Davlatali Said notes that Tajikistan’s economy is in a force majeure situation and needs assistance, according to Radio Ozodi . asiaplustj.info »
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Committee for Environmental Protection (CEP) under the Government of Tajikistan last week signed an agreement to launch a climate change adaptation project funded by the Green Climate Fund (GCF). asiaplustj.info »
Separate prison for prisoners convicted of terrorism-related crimes is expected to be commissioned in Vahdat Township in two months, chief of the Main Directorate for the Execution of Criminal Penalties at the Ministry of Justice, Mansourjon Umarov, told Asia-Plus in an interview Tuesday afternoon. 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 Government of Tajikistan has ordered to approve the procedure of working out rates for water supply and wastewater utilities. The Government issues a proper decree on June 23, 2020. The decree notes that the procedure is worked out “for the purpose of further regulating rates for water supply and sewerage in the country. asiaplustj.info »
The 18-year-old resident of the city of Hisor has got a lengthy jail term for the brutal murder of his mother and two stepbrothers. The Supreme Court sentenced Mehrobiddin Vohidov to ten years in prison on June 11. asiaplustj.info »
A 48-year-old resident of the northern city of Istaravshan, Ilhom Qurbonov, has got a lengthy jail term for the brutal killing of his wife. The Sughd regional court has sentenced Ilhom Qurbonov to twenty year in prison. He will serve his term in a high-security penal colony. asiaplustj.info »
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on June 26 approved additional grant financing of US$50 million from the International Development Association (IDA) for the second phase of the Nurek Hydropower Rehabilitation Project in Tajikistan, according to press release issued by the Word Bank. asiaplustj.info »
Iran has issued an arrest warrant and asked Interpol for help in detaining US President Donald Trump and dozens of others it believes carried out the drone strike that killed a top Iranian general in Baghdad. 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 »
The court of the metropolitan area Ismoili Somoni fined a mother of many children for holding his daughter's birthday. 56-year-old Zebiniso Saydaliyeva, mother of seven children, invited 15-20 guests to celebrate her daughter’s birthday, the court’s website says. asiaplustj.info »
A Kyrgyz court has sentenced former President Almazbek Atambayev to 11 years and two months in prison for the illegal release of notorious crime boss Aziz Batukayev in 2013, Radio Liberty reported on June 23. asiaplustj.info »
President Emomali Rahmon today left for Moscow to attend a military parade commemorating the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, according to the Tajik president’s official website. asiaplustj.info »
China must prepare for the risks of being cut off from the US dollar payment system in case the United States sanctions Chinese companies and banks, just like Washington did with Russian institutions, a senior Chinese financial regulator said on Monday. asiaplustj.info »
Air tickets for charter flights to repatriate Tajik nationals stranded in Russia will be sold strictly by list, Tajik Ambassador to Russia Imomuddin Sattorov told Asia-Plus in an interview. Everyone else will have to wait for reopening of regular air services between the two counties, Tajik diplomat noted. asiaplustj.info »
The National Bank of Tajikistan has imposed a 500,000 somoni fine on the Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) Alif Bank. Alif Bank top manager Abdullo Qurbonov says the bank has been fiend for shortages in corporate management. asiaplustj.info »
President Emomali Rahmon will leave for Moscow in the early morning of June 24 to attend a military parade commemorating the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, an official source within the Tajik government told Asia-Plus in an interview. asiaplustj.info »
The University of Central Asia’s (UCA) Mountain Societies Research Institute (MSRI) will work with the Global Environment Facility Small Grants Program (GEF SGP) to develop a GEF SGP Country Strategy for Kyrgyzstan, according to the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN). asiaplustj.info »
The Environment Commission of the Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament) has announced contest for journalists covering the environmental protection issues “Journalists, creative collective, experts and representative of civic society of the country may participate in the contest,” Muhammadato Sultonov, a spokesman for the Majlisi asiaplustj.info »
Chairman of Ayni district court, Sharif Tursunzoda, have been detained on anticorruption officers for briery. He had worked in this position only four months. According to information posted on the anticorruption agency’s official website, Tursunzoda demanded 15,000 somoni for exoneration of three violators. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan has ratified a loan agreement with the OPEC Fund for International Development (OPEC Fund) on the “Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Program. Corridors 2, 3, and 5 (Obigarm-Nourobod road). asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan has ratified an agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) for the purchase of new buses for Khujand, the second largest city in Tajikistan Members of Tajikistan’s lower chamber (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament today voted for ratification of the agreement between Tajikistan and the EBRD on the purchase of new buses for Khujand, the asiaplustj.info »
The date for this year’s presidential election in Tajikistan will be set in late August, two months before the end of Emomali Rahmon’s current term. Emomali Rahmon’s term expires on November 6, 2020. asiaplustj.info »
A company of the Ministry of Defense of Tajikistan left for Moscow yesterday night for training for a military parade commemorating the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II that will take place in Moscow’s Red Square on June 24, an official source within the Ministry of Defense (MoD), told Asia-Plus in an interview. asiaplustj.info »
A court in Bishkek has found former Prime Minister Sapar Isakov guilty of misusing state funds allocated for the renovation of Bishkek’s National History Museum and a hippodrome in the northern town of Cholpon-Ata while in office and sentenced him to 18 years in prison, according to RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service . asiaplustj.info »
CoronaCheck, a new mobile application that allows users to conduct self-assessments at home while raising awareness of measures to prevent COVID-19, has been launched in Tajikistan by the Aga Khan Health Services in Tajikistan (AKHS, Tajikistan) and Aga Khan University (AKU). asiaplustj.info »
