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The coronavirus pandemic has affected the bilateral trade between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. After steady growth, the two-way trade between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan has declined this year. In 2015-2019, the bilateral trade between the two countries increased more than 30 times: from 12 million U.S. dollars in 2015 to 362 million U.S. dollars in 2019. asiaplustj.info »
Russia has sets a grain export quota for the period from February 15, 2021 to July 1, 2021. According to the Russian government’s resolution, the quota does not apply to the member nations of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and the supply of humanitarian aid abroad. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Akram Karimi has been appointed Tajikistan’s Permanent Representative to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). Ambassador Akram Karimi presented his credentials as the Permanent Representative of Tajikistan to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to the OIC Secretary-General, Dr. asiaplustj.info »
According to the data from the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population (MoHSPP), 35 new officially confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) were reported in Tajikistan yesterday, bringing a total number of the officially confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country to 13,106 as of the evening of December 24. asiaplustj.info »
As of December 20, the decline in remittance flows to Tajikistan compared to 2019 amounted to 7.0 percent, according to the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT). According to Tajik central bank, the process of the drop in remittance flows to Tajikistan began in March due to the coronavirus crisis. asiaplustj.info »
World Bank’s report says the COVID-19 pandemic had a significantly adverse impact on Tajikistan's economy and created major social and health sector pressures. Restrictions on labor mobility and economic activity at home and abroad have reportedly resulted in lower migrant remittances, weaker consumer demand, and reduced investments. asiaplustj.info »
Addressing the climate change challenges and the growing threat of global warming has long been one of the main goals of many countries around the world. In Tajikistan, among various actions to address the climate change issues, the Government adopted its "2030 National Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change of the Republic of Tajikistan" in 2019. asiaplustj.info »
Uzbekistan has resumed delivering natural gas to the Tajik northern province of Sughd after 10-year interruption, Abdulhakim Soufiyev, director of the Closed Joint-Stock Company (CJSC) Sughdgaz (Sughd natural gas distributor), told Asia-Plus in an interview. asiaplustj.info »
Dushanbe-based Limited Liability Company Vahdat Textiles, which has joined the Registered Exporter system (the REX system), has launched the second production line. The enterprise produces men's, women's and children's hosiery. asiaplustj.info »
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Tajikistan (CCI) is expanding partnerships with the country’s business community. According to the CCI press center, 79 new members, including large companies, private entrepreneurs, government agencies and foreign companies, have joined the CCI this year so far. asiaplustj.info »
According to the data from the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population (MoHSPP), 37 new officially confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) were reported in Tajikistan yesterday, bringing a total number of the officially confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country to 13,071 as of the evening of December 23. asiaplustj.info »
A court in Hisor has refused to comment on why it orders the release of rapist of a 12-year-old girl by amnesty. The court representative justified their decision to refuse to comment on the verdict by claiming that the case has been classified as “top secret. asiaplustj.info »
The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Collective Security Council, which is the highest body of the Organization, now may include heads of government of the CSTO member nations as well. asiaplustj.info »
The Dushanbe city court completed the consideration of criminal proceedings instituted against two men charged with killing two young women with extreme cruelty and declared the verdict on December 22. asiaplustj.info »
One more Russian air carrier has got permission from the Tajik authorities to operate charter flights from Tajikistan. S7 has got permission from the Tajik authorities to operate charter flights from Dushanbe to Novosibirsk and from Khujand to Moscow and Novosibirsk, a source within the Tajik Embassy in Moscow told Asia-Plus in an interview. asiaplustj.info »
The number of officially confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Tajikistan has exceeded 13,000. asiaplustj.info »
On Monday December 21, the Minister of Labor, Migration and Employment, Ms. Shirin Amonzoda, visited the female mardikorbozor (mardikorbozor literally translates as “worker market”) in Bokhtar, the capital of Khatlon province in southern Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
A report by the Bertelsmann Transformation Index (BTI) says the executive has remained in tight control over Tajikistan’s legislative and judicial branches during the period under review (the period from 2017 to 2019). asiaplustj.info »
Central Asia Barometer (CAB) has conducted a public opinion poll in Kyrgyzstan. According to CAB, the poll was conducted over the phone from December 9 through December 17 with a national sample of 1000 respondents of voting age (18+). asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan has decreased generation of electricity during autumn months. According to data from the Agency for Statistics under President of Tajikistan, Tajik hydropower plant generated little more than 3. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik Prime Minister Rasoul Qohirzoda yesterday received visiting Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation of Afghanistan (HCNR), Dr. Abdullah Abdullah. In the course of the talks, Tajik prime minister said Tajikistan supports peace efforts of Afghanistan and expressed hope that they will yield positive results. Dr. asiaplustj.info »
A border guard officer has been detained with a large amount of narcotics drugs. A source within the Interior Ministry says a 25-year-old senior lieutenant who served in the border unit in Darvoz district of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) was detained in Danghara district (Khatlon province) on December 18 on suspicion of being involved in drug trafficking. asiaplustj.info »
The number of officially confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Tajikistan is nearing 13,000. asiaplustj.info »
A 42-year-ld resident of Hisor, Husniddin Abdulloyev, who raped a 12-year-old neighbor girl, who is his first cousin, last year, has been released by amnesty. He stood trial not for rape but for sexual intercourse with a person under the age of 16, though he even threatened the girl with death. asiaplustj.info »
A 42-year-ld resident of Hisor, Husniddin Abdulloyev, who raped a 12-year-old neighbor girl, who is his first cousin, last year, has been released by amnesty. He stood trial not for rape but for sexual intercourse with a person under the age of 16, though he even threatened the girl with death. asiaplustj.info »
Resumption of flights between Dushanbe and Tashkent has been postponed again. The exact date of the resumption of the flights has not yet been determined. Most likely, the regular air traffic between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan will resume closer to spring,” a source in the Tajik government told Asia-Plus in an interview. asiaplustj.info »
The U. S. State Department confirmed on December 19 that the United States will shutter its consulate in Vladivostok in the Far East and suspend operations at the consulate in Yekaterinburg, Russia's fourth-largest city. asiaplustj.info »
The Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) has won two important awards from UNESCO’s Asia-Pacific regional office for cultural heritage conservation and sustainable development, according to the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN). asiaplustj.info »
Known Tajik writer Gulsifat Shahidi has congratulated British Queen Elizabeth II on the upcoming Christmas and presented her book Tales of Grandma Gulsifat to the Queen and her great-grandchildren. asiaplustj.info »
The first full-fledged Islamic bank in Tajikistan – Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) Tawhidbonk – intends to break through internationally. “|We have created the first Islamic bank in Tajikistan and we intend to build one of the best Islamic banks in the region,” Tawhidbonk top manager Sherali Zardov told Asia-Plus in an interview. asiaplustj.info »
A gun shop blast in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek has reportedly left one dead and three injured Radio Liberty’s Kyrgyz Service , known locally as Radio Azzatyk , citing Kyrgyzstan’s Emergencies Ministry, says explosion and fire occurred in the “Target” gun shop in Bishkek in the morning of December 19. asiaplustj.info »
By president’s decree a new State Prize has been instituted in Tajikistan. The prize will be awarded to the natural and exact sciences research scientists and teachers of natural and exact sciences. asiaplustj.info »
According to the data from the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population (MoHSPP), 37 new officially confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) were reported in Tajikistan yesterday, bringing a total number of the officially confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country to 12,960 as of the morning of December 21. asiaplustj.info »
Eurasianet says the need to get to Russia for work drives some in Tajikistan to desperate measures. Same Khojayev, a young man from the southern district of Khovaling, came up with a convoluted way to circumvent travel restrictions imposed over the COVID-19 outbreak. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan Ambassador to Afghanistan Saadi Sharifi on December 16 met in Kabul with Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, the Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation of Afghanistan (HCNR). According to the Tajik MFA information department, the sides discussed the upcoming visit of Dr. asiaplustj.info »
Over the first eleven months of this year, 14 corporate residents (more than 40 percent) of 30 corporate residents registered with the Sughd Free Economic Zone (FEZ Sughd) have operated. The remaining 16 enterprises are reportedly still at the stage of construction and attraction of investments. asiaplustj.info »
A meeting of The Council of Heads of States of the CIS Member Nations is being held today through video-conferencing due to the coronavirus pandemic. asiaplustj.info »
According to the data from the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population (MoHSPP), 37 new officially confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) were reported in Tajikistan yesterday, bringing a total number of the officially confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country to 12,852 as of the morning of December 18. asiaplustj.info »
In Tajikistan, the cost of products of the food industry in January-November this year has increased on average by 12. 5 percent, according to the Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan increased electricity supplies to the neighboring countries last month. Meanwhile, many Tajik rural areas have had electricity only several hours per day. According to data from the Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan, Tajikistan last month exported US$2. asiaplustj.info »
Another incident reportedly took place on the Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan border yesterday evening. asiaplustj.info »
According to the data from the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population (MoHSPP), 38 new officially confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) were reported in Tajikistan yesterday, bringing a total number of the officially confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country to 12,815 as of the evening of December 16. asiaplustj.info »
A design of new Dushanbe Zoo has been presented in the Dushanbe Administration. The new Dushanbe Zoo, which is designed to keep 1,500 animals, will be constructed on the northern outskirts of Tajik capital, on the Varzob River bank. A total area of the new Dushanbe Zoo will be 13 hectares. asiaplustj.info »
The Dushanbe flour milling plant has re-launched its operations after 30 years of being idle. An official reopening ceremony of the plant that took place on December 16 was attended by President Emomali Rahmon and Dushanbe Mayor Rustam Emomali, according to the Tajik president’s official website. asiaplustj.info »
A fire that broke at the central bazaar in the western city of Tursunzoda has destroyed five household goods shops. No injured was reportedly injured. The fire took place at the bazaar in the afternoon of December 15. asiaplustj.info »
On December 11, in the frame of the European Union funded Program “Strengthening disaster resilience and accelerating implementation of Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction in Central Asia”, implemented by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), the Center for Emergency Situations and Disaster Risk Reduction (CESDRR) organized the Forum – asiaplustj.info »
Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service says Tajik authorities have detained on unspecified charges the nephew of Mahmurod Odinayev, the deputy chairman of the opposition Social-Democratic Party of Tajikistan (SDPT) who is also being held by authorities. asiaplustj.info »
According to the data from the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population (MoHSPP), 36 new officially confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) were reported in Tajikistan yesterday, bringing a total number of the officially confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country to 12,777 as of the evening of December 15. asiaplustj.info »
Rumors that Tajik authorities are going to criminalize the so-called SMS-divorce reportedly do not correspond to the facts Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi, reported on November 28 that a group of lawmakers Tajik are thinking of a new draft law that would criminalize the SMS-divorce. asiaplustj.info »
The opposition Social-Democratic Party of Tajikistan (SDPT) has been denied hiring defense lawyer for its deputy leader Mahmurod Odinayev. “The authorities justified refusal by saying that Odinayev has been detained not for his participation in the party activities but for hooliganism,” SDPT leader Rahmatillo Zoyirov told Asia-Plus in an interview. asiaplustj.info »
