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On Saturday March 11, Tajikistan marked the Tajik Press Day. By president’s decree the Tajik Press Day has been marked on March 11 since 1993. The Tajik Press Day is marked on March 11 in honor of the first Tajik-language newspaper, Bukhoroi Sharif ( The Glorious Bukhara ), the first edition of which was issued on March 11, 1912. asiaplustj.info »
This year, the final round of the Sairi Guli Lola (Walking along the Tulip Field) contest and the award ceremony for the winners of the contest will take place in Dushanbe’s Firdavsi Park in the first half of April, according to the Ministry of Culture (MoC). asiaplustj.info »
Land degradation is a major challenge to sustainable development and poverty reduction in the Central Asian region. The soils of Central Asia currently yield far less meat, dairy and produce than they did a few decades ago. asiaplustj.info »
Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) in Tajikistan has handed over inclusive equipment to the Emergencies Committee under the Government of Tajikistan this year in the framework of the project, Fostering and Enabling Environment and Opportunities for Youth and People with disabilities to Promote Equity, Access, and Inclusion, funded by the European Union (EU). asiaplustj.info »
Revenues of Tajikistan’s budget for January were overfulfilled 230 million somonis (equivalent to US$22.3 million), according to the Ministry of Finance. An official source at a MoF says the revenue part of the country’s budget for the first month of this year stood at more than 3.2 billion somonis (equivalent to US$311 million), which is 7. asiaplustj.info »
On March 7, World Bank (WB) Vice President for Europe and Central Asia, Ms. Anna Bjerde, visited several World Bank-financed projects in the Tajik southern Khatlon province, the press release issued by the World Bank Country Office in Tajikistan says. asiaplustj.info »
On Tuesday, March 7, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon received visiting World Bank Vice President for Europe and Central Asia, Ms. Anna Bjerde, according to the Tajik president’s official website. During the meeting, the parties reportedly discussed current state and prospects of further expansion of cooperation between Tajikistan and the World Bank. asiaplustj.info »
Turkmenistan Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov, who is also Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, heading a Turkmen government delegation, arrived in Dushanbe yesterday afternoon on a two-day official visit, according to the Tajik MFA information department. asiaplustj.info »
The United Nations said in grim assessments on International Women’s Day that since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021, the country has become the most repressive in the world for women and girls, deprived of virtually all their basic rights. The Associated Press ( AP ) reports that the U.N. asiaplustj.info »
Some members of the State Duma (Russia’s lower chamber of parliament) have supported the proposal to grant migration amnesty to the labor migrants, who were deported for violation of the migration legislation. asiaplustj.info »
This year, Asia-Plus Media Group is holding the festive action “Modaroni Dushanbe” (Mothers of Dushanbe), which has become the annual action in the Tajik capital, jointly with UNICEF. This time, the action is dedicated not only to International Women’s Day and Mother’s Day holiday, which is celebrated in Tajikistan since 2009, but also to a family as a whole. asiaplustj.info »
A mouthpiece of the Tax Committee under the Government of Tajikistan, Boju Khiroj , has published a list of twenty-nine popular local bloggers “who are doing illegal business and do not pay tax on their income not pay tax from their income. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan’s State Savings Bank, or Amonatbonk, says the term of buying back shares of the liquidated Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) Sangtuda from population and organization that ended on December 31, 2021 has been extended to December 31, 2023. asiaplustj.info »
The 9th conference entitled “Business and Investment Partnership between Russia and Tajikistan” is going on in Dushanbe today. The event being held at the National Library of Tajikistan reportedly aims to discuss trade and economic cooperation between the regions of the two countries. asiaplustj.info »
The Tajik government has decided to reorganize Amonatbonk (Tajikistan’s savings bank) into a state unitary enterprise (SUE) and rename it “The Savings Bank of the Republic of Tajikistan”. Such a decision was taken at a government session that took place on February 28, according to the Tajik president’s official website. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik and Uzbek textile workers are planning to launch joint venture in the field of silkworm breeding this year. Tajik enterprise manufacturing atlas and adras (vivid and fine traditional fabrics), Atlasi Khujand, and Samarkand textile workers, engaged in processing cocoon and producing silk tread, are planning to launch the joint venture Samarkand-Sughd Silk this year. asiaplustj.info »
The Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) Power Distribution Networks has found “dead souls” (non-existent electricity consumers) in the country’s power system. The company notes that “dead souls” create difficulties for proper operation of the billing system. asiaplustj.info »
Some media reports said on February 27 that Iran has handed the Afghan embassy in Tehran over to the Taliban. The Iranian foreign ministry denies this. asiaplustj.info »
Kazakhstan has closed its trade representation in Russia. This is what emerges from the government decree of February 22, published on the website of regulatory legal acts of Kazakhstan. As the press center of Kazakhstan's Ministry of Trade and Integration previously stated, this decision is due to “optimization of the work of government agencies. asiaplustj.info »
Russian media reports say a regime of controlled stay to be in effect for migrants in the Russian Federation. Interfax cited the Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev as saying at the meeting in Chelyabinsk on February 16 that a draft federal law has been developed to introduce a regime of controlled stay for migrants. asiaplustj.info »
A global surge of cholera cases has put one billion people in 43 countries at risk, the World Health Organization (WHO) cautioned at the end of last week. Three countries, this week alone, have reported outbreaks, WHO cholera team leader Philippe Barboza told reporters at a press conference on Friday. asiaplustj.info »
Media reports say the death toll from the earthquakes in Turkiye and Syria that struck on February 6 surpassed 50,000 on Friday (February 24) after Turkiye declared more than 44,000 people had died. Reuters notes that the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority said the death toll in Turkiye due to the earthquakes had risen to 44,218 on Friday night. asiaplustj.info »
Another aid has êóçêùåóâäí been distributed to the avalanche-hit families in the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO). Thus, 48 tons of coals were distributed to the avalanche-hit families in GBAO’s capital, Khorog, on February 24, according to the Emergencies Committee under the Government of Tajikistan. Ms. asiaplustj.info »
The Interior Ministry Tourism and Ecology Directorate and Diyor Travel Tourist Company have jointly opened the Tourist Information Center in Dushanbe. The Center will make comprehensive information about Tajikistan available for foreign tourists arriving in the country and offer them a complex of services. asiaplustj.info »
The Ministry of Transport (MoT) has joined the Dushanbe Administration and the Dushanbe Police Directorate in stating that Yandex go is operating in Tajikistan illegally. asiaplustj.info »
The World Bank (WB)’s Board of Executive Directors on February 23 approved US$50 million in grant financing from the International Development Association (IDA) for the Learning Environment – Foundation of Quality Education in Tajikistan Project, aimed at enhancing the quality of teaching and learning in Tajikistan’s secondary education. asiaplustj.info »
IRNA reports that Iran’s Energy Minister Ali Akbar Mehrabian has hosted Tajikistan’s Minister of Energy and Water Resources Daler Juma for talks on joint ventures between the two countries. They reportedly met on February 22, a day ahead of the 13th Governing Board Meeting of the Regional Center on Urban Water Management under the auspices of the UNESCO. asiaplustj.info »
The United Nations General Assembly has passed a resolution demanding immediate withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine. The resolution was passed on February 23, the day before the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. asiaplustj.info »
The Ministry of Finance has named the most unprofitable enterprises among the state-owned facilities. The first on this list is the Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) Barqi Tojik (Tajikistan’s state-run power utility company), which now operates just as power generation company. asiaplustj.info »
Russia media reports say the Luna 25 (Moon 25) automatic station will be launched in mid-July this year. TASS , citing the State Space Corporation Roscosmos, says that taking into account the astronomical "window” in 2023, the launch of Luna 25 Moon lander is scheduled for July 13, 2023. asiaplustj.info »
Russia media reports say the Luna 25 (Moon 25) automatic station will be launched in mid-July. TASS , citing the State Space Corporation Roscosmos, says that taking into account the astronomical "window” in 2023, the launch of Luna 25 Moon lander is scheduled for July 13, 2023. asiaplustj.info »
The Ministry of Health Ìèíçäðàâ sees no need to strengthen epidemiological control at the border because of spread of cholera in other countries, Navrouz Jafarov, the head of the Directorate for Epidemiological Safety, Emergency Situations and Emergency Medical Care, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population (MoHSPP), told Asia-Plus in an interview Thursday afternoon. asiaplustj.info »
The body of one more Tajik national, who was killed in Ukraine, will be returned to Tajikistan. The Tajik authorities do not comment on reports of the death of Tajik citizens in Ukraine. A 49-year-old national of Tajikistan, Muhammadnabi Bachgonov, who was serving his 12-year-old jail term in one of penal colonies in the Russian city of Irkutsk, was killed in Ukraine. asiaplustj.info »
Both chambers of Russia’s parliament yesterday endorsed President Vladimir Putin’s move to suspend the last remaining nuclear arms treaty with the United States, with officials and lawmakers casting it as an eleventh-hour warning to Washington amid the tensions over Ukraine. The Voice of America ( VOA ) says U.S. asiaplustj.info »
A 6. 8 magnitude earthquake shook Murgab district in the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) early Thursday, at 5:37 am. According to the U. S. Geology Survey, it was 67 kilometers west of Murgab’s administrative center and 20 kilometers below ground. asiaplustj.info »
According to data from the Interior Ministry of the Russian Federation, a record number of Tajiks received Russian citizenship last year – 173,634 people, which is 69,953 people more compared to 2021. asiaplustj.info »
Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 21 revoked a 2012 decree on respecting sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries. The decree outlined Russia’s foreign policy 11 years ago which assumed Moscow’s closer relations with the European Union and the United States. asiaplustj.info »
Russia’s consulting company FinExpertiza notes that inflow of labor migrants into Russia increased last year by a third. The inflow of labor migrants from Uzbekistan reportedly grew the most last year – by 377,700 people, or 35. asiaplustj.info »
A delegation of Tajikistan’s privately owned airline Somon Air has visited the Czech Republic to get acquainted with the process of production of L 410 NG planes at the LET Aircraft Industries plant and discuss issues related to training of Somon Air’s technical personnel, according to the Somon Air press center. asiaplustj.info »
In January this year, inflation in Tajikistan’s consumer goods stood at 0. 5 percent, according to the Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan. Over the reporting period, the cost of products of the food industry in January reportedly increased in the country on average by 0. asiaplustj.info »
By order of acting Governor of Khatlon province Davlatali Said a ban was imposed on the construction of high-rise buildings among old multi-story residential buildings in Bokhtar, the capital of Khatlon province. asiaplustj.info »
The exchange rate of the dollar (USD) against the Tajik national currency, the somoni (TJS), is continuing to rise According to data from the National of Tajikistan (NBT), TJS has lost 3. 0 percent of its value against USD over the past eleven days, falling from 10. asiaplustj.info »
In January, Tajikistan earned more than 4. 3 million U. S. dollars from the electricity export, which is near 50 percent, or more than 1. 4 million US dollars more compared to January last year and 1. asiaplustj.info »
After devastating earthquakes in Turkiye and Syria, in which tens of thousands of people have been killed and hundreds of buildings have been destroyed, the Committee for Architecture and Construction under the Government of Tajikistan has decided to check all new high-rise buildings constructed in Dushanbe, Khujand, the capital of Sughd province, and Bokhtar, the capital of Khatlon province, asiaplustj.info »
Prime Minister Qohir Rasoulzoda, heading a government delegation, arrived in Khorog, the capital of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO), on February 20, according to the Emergencies Committee under the Government of Tajikistan. Ms. asiaplustj.info »
Russian now have an opportunity to send money to the near abroad countries through the faster payment system (SBP). Izvestiya says customers of Tinkoff now can send money to banks in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) member nations. asiaplustj.info »
Media reports says Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov intends to form his own mercenary group once he no longer serves in a staff office. On his Telegram channel, Chechen leader praised the Wagner Group of mercenaries and its leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, for "impressive results” in the zone of the so-called “special military operation. asiaplustj.info »
A fire that broke out at a shopping center at the central market in Panj, the administrative center of the district of the same name, early morning today, at around 3:00 am, reportedly destroyed a space of 240 meters. asiaplustj.info »
Avalanches in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, or GBAO, claimed at least 19 lives as of the morning of February 18. The dead reportedly are known to include two children, three schoolchildren and nine students. asiaplustj.info »
Avalanches in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, or GBAO, claimed at least 18 lives as of the morning of February 18. The dead reportedly are known to include two children, three schoolchildren and nine students. asiaplustj.info »
