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A report by the Ministry of Energy and Water Resources of Tajikistan (MoEWR) says unavailability of proper investment impedes the fulfillment of the plan of events on implementation of priority energy projects in Tajikistan designed for 2015-2020. asiaplustj.info »
The Tajik Embassy in Moscow has called on Tajikistanis temporarily living and working in the Russian Federation not to hesitate to apply to the Embassy and its Consular Service in case of any problems, accidents and other unresolved issues, the Embassy says on its Facebook page. asiaplustj.info »
Eurasianet says that of ten Afghan families living in a newish 10-story residential building in Roudaki, a suburb of Dushanbe, seven say they fled Afghanistan for their daughters’ sakes. asiaplustj.info »
Two new officially recognized cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) were reported in Tajikistan on October 15, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population (MoHSPP) says. A total number of the officially confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection in Tajikistan has reached 17,086 since April 30, 2020, when its index cases were confirmed in the country. asiaplustj.info »
Excess tax burden, frequent inspections and illegal levies, expensive loans, unfair distribution of benefits, and technological backwardness are the five unresolved problems facing Tajik entrepreneurs. asiaplustj.info »
Citing a defense official and a congressional official, Politico reported on October 13 that Pentagon officials are participating in a delegation this month to Uzbekistan to discuss ongoing security cooperation efforts. asiaplustj.info »
Media reports say leaders agree in principle that funds can be channeled through UN agencies to avert ‘humanitarian meltdown’ The Guardian notes that G20 leaders and ministers have agreed they will have no option but to involve the Taliban in sending humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, but say that this stops short of political recognition of the Taliban as a government. asiaplustj.info »
With temperatures dropping below freezing in Kyrgyzstan officials are turning to coal as the answer to meet people's heating and electricity needs this winter, according to Radio Liberty. In Kyrgyzstan, the warning signs of energy problems this coming winter reportedly appeared in the spring and summer. asiaplustj.info »
Presenting the preliminary results of the population and housing census for 2020, Voris Murodov, an official with the Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan, said on October 12 that Tajikistan population has amounted to 9,661,000 as of October 1, 2020. asiaplustj.info »
Power outage has begun in many cities and districts of Tajikistan. Authorities say power outages in the regions are due to the scheduled repairs. Power outages have begun in the city of Tursunzoda as well as in Kushoniyon, Roudaki, Vose, Hamadoni and some other districts. asiaplustj.info »
The ministers of foreign affairs of member nations of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) met in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, on October 11-12 for the Sixth Meeting of the CICA Ministers of Foreign Affairs, when the situation in the world, including Asia, requires close interaction, exchange of views, joint response to new challenges and threats, peaceful asiaplustj.info »
The Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (EFSD) has provided a US$3 million grant to Tajikistan to implement the COVID-19 Mobile Diagnostic Project. According to the EFSD Media Center, an agreement for Tajikistan to receive a US$3 million grant from the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development was signed by Mr. asiaplustj.info »
Over the first ten days of the autumn conscription campaign (October 1-10), Tajikistan has reached 400 percent of its autumn conscription target, according to the Ministry of Defense (MoD) press center. asiaplustj.info »
Organized by the Dushanbe Administrate, the State Committee on Investment and State-run Property Management under the Government of Tajikistan (GosKomInvest), the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Tajikistan (CCI) and relevant ministries and agencies, the Dushanbe-Invest 2021 International Forum will take place at the National Library of Tajikistan in Dushanbe on October 14. asiaplustj.info »
Citing the president of the Migrants’ Federation of Russia Vadim Kozhenov, Fergana news agency reported on October 11 that Russia has lifted re-entry ban for 300,000 migrants from Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. asiaplustj.info »
Prices for petroleum products in Tajikistan have risen since the beginning of this year, but the first sharp jump in petroleum product prices occurred in the first ten days of March, when the price of the 92-octane gasoline, which is the most sought-after grade of automobile gas in the country, rose 25 percent, the price of diesel fuel rose almost 15 percent and the price for the liquefied asiaplustj.info »
The Taliban on Saturday ruled out cooperation with the United States to contain extremist groups in Afghanistan. Taliban political spokesman Suhail Shaheen told The Associated Press ( AP ) the group will independently deal with extremist groups such as the Islamic State. asiaplustj.info »
Eleven remote villages in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) with a total population of over 1652 people have got access to electricity for the first time in history. The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) Office in Tajikistan says this was possible with the support from the Government of Tajikistan under the Tajikistan Rural Electrification Project (TREP) financed by the World Bank. asiaplustj.info »
After the last correction carried out by the National bank of Tajikistan (NBT) in November last year, the exchange rate of the Tajik national currency, the somonis, against the U. S. dollar remains stable. asiaplustj.info »
211 Tajikistan’s historical items have been sent to Paris for an exhibition dedicated to Tajikistan that will take place at the Guimet Museum from October 13, 2021 to January 10, 2022, according to the Ministry of Culture of Tajikistan (MoC). asiaplustj.info »
President Emomali Rahmon yesterday attended theatrical show that took place at the central stadium of Khujand, the capital of Sughd province. asiaplustj.info »
Afghan media reports say De Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS -- Afghanistan’s national power utility) has decided to sell the estate of its debtors so that they pay nearly US$62 million bills of the power to the Central Asian countries. asiaplustj.info »
Dushanbe Mayor Rustam Emomali has appealed to the residents of the capital before the season of planting flowers and seedlings. In his appeal, which was released by the Dushanbe mayor’s office on October 7, the mayor calls on the residents of Dushanbe to turn the Tajik capital into the city of flowers. asiaplustj.info »
“The Taliban Declares Its Readiness to Invade into Tajikistan” -- with this heading, Russian media outlets give a message from the telegram channel Reverse Side of the Medal that one of commanders of Jamaat Ansarullah radical group (banned in Tajikistan) Mahdi Arsalan has decaled his readiness to invade into Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
The Afghan resistance forces are ready to hold talks with the Taliban (outlawed in Russia) and believe that Tajikistan would be a suitable platform for such a dialogue, the leader of the National Congress Party Abdul Latif Pedram, who supports the Afghan resistance, told TASS on October 6. asiaplustj.info »
Media reports say at least 20 people have died and hundreds have been injured after the quake struck Pakistan’s southern province of Balochistan in the early hours of Thursday. Officials in Pakistan said at least 20 people have been killed and hundreds more injured after an earthquake struck the southern province of Balochistan on Thursday. asiaplustj.info »
Afghanistan is the biggest importer of Tajikistan’s electricity, but the Taliban now is unable to pay, and Tajikistan must decide if it should keep exporting power to help the movement ward off humanitarian crisis. asiaplustj.info »
Diplomats from the United Kingdom have met with the Taliban government in Kabul. The first talks between diplomatic officials from the United Kingdom and the Taliban took place in Kabul on Tuesday October 5. asiaplustj.info »
On Tuesday October 5, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon had a phone conversation within his Uzbek counterpart Shavkat Mirziyoyev. According to the Tajik president’s official website, Mirziyoyev congratulated Rahmon on his birthday and “wished him good health and success in his responsible state activities for the good of the people of Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
On Tuesday October 5, the U. S. Embassy in Dushanbe, provided 20 jeeps to Tajikistan’s Ministry of Defense to help Tajikistan secure its borders. According to the U. S. Embassy, the vehicles, which are valued at $1. asiaplustj.info »
Khorog City, which is the capital of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) and four GBAO’s districts, namely Darvoz, Rushan, Shugnan and Murgab, have fulfilled their conscription campaign targets by October 5, Colonel Faridoun Mahmadalizoda, a spokesman for the Ministry of Defense (MoD), told Asia-Plus in an interview. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik cotton growers are taking measures to gather cotton on time and fulfill the national cotton target, which has been determined at more than 400,000 tons. According to the press center of the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), the country’s cotton-growing farms have yielded 188,000 tons of raw cotton by October, which is 23,000 tons more than in the same period last year. asiaplustj.info »
As part of his working trip to Khatlon province President Emomali Rahmon yesterday visited Vose district, where he inaugurated a number of social and economic facilities. The Tajik president’s official website says the first facility President Rahmon inaugurated in the district was a central park in Hulbuk settlement. A total area of this park is 3.5 hectares. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan celebrates the State Language Day today It is to be noted that the State Language Day had been celebrated annually on July 22, the anniversary of the designation of Tajik as the state language in 1989, until 2010, when on July 21 President Emomali Rahmon amended the date to October 5. asiaplustj.info »
Moscow calls on Dushanbe and Kabul to "search for mutually acceptable options". Moscow is recording reports about the pulling together of troops by Tajikistan and Afghanistan to the common border, Alexei Zaitsev, Deputy Director of the Department for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Foreign Ministry, told reporters at a briefing in Moscow, RIA Novosti reports. asiaplustj.info »
Cases of counterfeiting $ 50 and $ 100 banknotes increase in Uzbekistan. As a result, ATMs stopped accepting these banknotes, Podrobno.uz reports. Uzcard unified republican processing center sent a message to commercial banks about the temporary suspension of currency exchange at ATMs due to the increase in the number of cases of accepting counterfeit bills of 50 and 100 dollars. asiaplustj.info »
Since the beginning of this year, it has decreased by $ 3. 3 million. The total amount of wage arrears in Tajikistan, taking into account previous years, is more than 47. 7 million somoni ($ 4. 2 million), the Statistics Agency under the President of the Republic reports. asiaplustj.info »
Now it costs not $ 400, but $ 60, but this is still 8 times higher than its official price, truckers say. The cost of a permit for international cargo transportation ("permission") after a rally of truck drivers in front of the building of the Ministry of Transport of Tajikistan was reduced by 7 times. asiaplustj.info »
8 victims taken to Dushanbe hospital. The tragedy took place today closer to morning on the territory of the Rudaki district: the "Stareks" minibus entered the KAMAZ. As a result of the accident, a 57-year-old resident of the Yavan region died, eight people were injured, said the head of the press center of the Committee for Emergency Situations Umeda Yusufi. asiaplustj.info »
Together with her, Nikita Mikhalkov and Raj Kapoor received awards. People's Artist of Tajikistan and theatrical figure Sairam Isaeva was awarded a special prize at the Pearl of the Silk Road international film festival, which is taking place these days in Tashkent. asiaplustj.info »
He could not find the last victim and pay him compensation. On September 27, the state prosecutor asked the court to sentence Izzat Amon, head of the Center for Tajiks in Moscow and one of the defenders of the rights of labor migrants in Russia, to 9 years in prison. Saidburkhon Sharipov, Izzat Amon's lawyer said. asiaplustj.info »
Roshtqala, Tajikistan, September 28, 2021– The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through the Thrive Tajikistan: Partnership for Socio-Economic Development program, officially opened a new drinking water supply system and school latrine in Roshtqala district of Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO). asiaplustj.info »
Khorog, Tajikistan, September 2021 – Today, the Founder of Peace and National Unity – Leader of the Nation, President of the Republic of Tajikistan, His Excellency Emomali Rahmon inaugurated a 110kV Substation in Khorog – one of the two newly constructed 110kV substations in VMKB, Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
The Ministry of Transport of Tajikistan denies publications regarding an appeal to the transport department of neighboring Kyrgyzstan with a request to open the border between the two countries. «Tajikistan is ready to ensure the unimpeded movement of vehicles between the two countries», - emphasized in the Tajik Ministry of Transport. asiaplustj.info »
A Toyota car driven by a 42-year-old resident of the Dusti district, moving from Bokhtar to Kubodien, crashed into a pole. As a result of the accident, the driver and three passengers were killed, the press center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan reports. The dead were 42, 35, 25 and 41 years old. asiaplustj.info »
The leader of the Tajik diaspora, the chairman of the Nizhny Novgorod organization "Umed", 61-year-old Mutribsho Mirzoev died in Nizhny Novgorod, the publication "Arguments and Facts in Nizhny Novgorod” reports. asiaplustj.info »
Today the national team of Tajikistan in the game with Vietnam will compete for reaching the final The Indonesian women's national team won first place in Group C of the 2022 Asian Cup qualifying tournament, which was held in Dushanbe. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan's statements about the current situation in Afghanistan are not interference in the country's internal affairs, said in his video message an Afghan politician, head of the National Congress of Afghanistan Party Latifi Pidrom. asiaplustj.info »
The President honored the memory of the outstanding sons of the nation, recalled the valuable contribution of one of the famous historical figures, a native of the Shugnan region, Hero of Tajikistan Shirinsho Shotemur, who made a worthy contribution to the creation of Tajik statehood and the Tajik nation, called his exploits the pride of the Tajik nation. asiaplustj.info »
Meetings with President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon are planned Russian Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov will go on working visits to Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. This was reported to reporters in the press service of the Russian supervisory agency, writes TASS. asiaplustj.info »
