2025-11-3 09:12 |
The Geophysical Service of the National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan has released details about the earthquake that struck during the early hours of November 3 and was felt across the country.
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Tajikistan’s financial authorities are negotiating with the European Union to lift sanctions imposed last autumn on three commercial banks, Chairman of the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT), Firdavs Tolibzoda, said at a news conference in Dushanbe on November 13. asiaplustj.info »
2026-02-16 14:00
Authorities in Tajikistan have ordered stricter control over electricity consumption as water levels at the reservoir powering the Nurek hydropower plant (HPP) — the country’s largest hydropower facility — have dropped by more than two meters compared to the same period last year. asiaplustj.info »
2025-11-14 15:25
After weeks of public complaints, Tajikistan’s authorities have officially confirmed that power outages are taking place in some regions of the country from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily. However, they continue to reject the notion that an official power rationing regime—commonly known as the "limit"—has been introduced. asiaplustj.info »
2025-10-13 08:00
The Main Directorate for the Execution of Criminal Sentences (GUIN) at the Ministry of Justice of Tajikistan has explained why imprisoned journalist Abdussattor Pirmuhammadzoda was not allowed to undergo surgery outside the prison system. asiaplustj.info »
2025-09-25 07:35
The Government of Tajikistan has adopted an order regulating the hunting of certain species of animals listed in the country's Red Book for the period 2025-2026. A document published on the legal information portal of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Tajikistan defines hunting quotas, as well as deadlines and monitoring of their compliance. asiaplustj.info »
2025-09-10 07:41
The government of Tajikistan has initiated a series of measures to stabilize the financial health of the state-run energy company Barqi Tojik. These efforts, implemented during the first half of 2025 under a government resolution, were outlined by the company's deputy head, Rustam Majidzoda, at a news conference in Dushanbe on July 30. asiaplustj.info »
2025-07-31 08:37
Tajikistan authorities have confirmed the deportation of several Afghan nationals, explaining that the move was due to violations of the country's laws regarding the stay of foreign citizens. asiaplustj.info »
2025-07-22 14:32
In May alone, authorities in Tajikistan imposed fines totaling 4 million somonis (approximately US$370,000) on dozens of individuals and businesses accused of illegally using or stealing electricity, according to the country’s Energy Supervision Agency. asiaplustj.info »
2025-06-16 14:44
Tajikistan’s relevant agencies have called on labor migrants to legalize their stay in Russia by the end of April and, before traveling to the country, to check in Tajikistan whether they are subject to an entry ban. asiaplustj.info »
2025-03-27 08:10
The government of Tajikistan has instructed the Ministry of Finance to open a special account titled the “Benefit Sharing Fund” from the sale of electricity generated by the Roghun hydropower plant (HPP) at the Main Department of the Central Treasury. asiaplustj.info »
2025-03-27 07:54
Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service reported yesterday that more than 1,800 state workers have been mobilized in the southern province of Khatlon to go door-to-door to warn people about joining religious extremist groups. asiaplustj.info »
2024-10-10 07:49
The Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) Barqi Tojik (Tajikistan’s power generation company) wrote an announcement on its Facebook page, noting that electricity rationing is introduced in rural areas on September 22. asiaplustj.info »
2024-09-23 09:17
In a report released at a news conference in Dushanbe, the head of the Committee for Local Development under the Government of Tajikistan, Sharifjon Jumazoda, noted on July 29 that names of more than 174 settlements that do not correspond to national traditions have be renamed over the first six months period and more than 300 other settlement will be renamed in the near future. asiaplustj.info »
2024-07-30 08:05
Media reports say Akbarsho Iskandarov, the former chairman of Tajikistan’s parliament, which was known as the Shuroi Oli (Supreme Council) until the early 1990s, has been summoned to the Prosecutor-General’s Office and has been detained after the questioning on unspecified charges. asiaplustj.info »
2024-06-22 09:08
Eurasianet reported on May 20 that China is poised to help Tajikistan complete some major infrastructure projects, including modernization of the state-controlled aluminum smelter (Tajik Aluminum Company, or TALCO), the country’s largest industrial enterprise. asiaplustj.info »
2024-05-21 14:17
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan has rejected a statement by Nikolai Patrushev, the Secretary of Russia’s Security Council that Ukraine has allegedly recruited mercenaries in Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
2024-04-08 09:30
Tajik authorities have promised to increase electricity supplies to residential customers in the regions, who have experienced power rationing since later September last year, to 8 house per day during the holy month of Ramadan: four hours in the morning and four hours in the evening. asiaplustj.info »
2024-03-11 14:32
The Tajik Prosecutor-General's Office, for the first time, confirmed on February 16 that opposition activist Bilol Qurbonaliyev was arrested after Germany deported him in November, Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service says . asiaplustj.info »
2024-02-19 12:26
The ambitious National Green Country Program adopted by the Tajik Government last year provides for planting 65 million trees and shrubs in the country on an area of more than 4,000 hectares until the end of 2025. asiaplustj.info »
2024-01-17 14:36
Oishamo Abdulloyeva, the mother of self-exiled opposition leader Sharofiddin Gadoyev, told Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service on October 12 that Farkhor district authorities cut off electricity to her house a day earlier over her son's political activities in Europe. asiaplustj.info »
2023-10-13 07:49
In a report released at a news conference in Dushanbe, Rustam Mirzozoda, the head of Tajikistan’s High Economic Court, stated on August 7 that the Economic Court of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) has granted the request of the GBAO chief prosecutor’s office for the appropriation of a land plot in GBAO’s capital, Khorog, where the University of Central Asia asiaplustj.info »
2023-08-08 09:36
The Supreme Court of Tajikistan on July 19 labeled the Pamir Daily News online news agency as an “extremist organization” and banned its activities in the country. Media reports say the ruling follows a request submitted to the court by Tajik Prosecutor-General Yusuf Rahmon. asiaplustj.info »
2023-07-20 08:52
Eurasianet reported on July 5 that the government of Tajikistan’s campaign against the operations of a charitable organization funded by the Agha Khan, the spiritual leader of the country’s Ismaili minority, has intensified over the past few weeks. asiaplustj.info »
2023-07-06 09:08
The Government of Tajikistan has instructed relevant ministries to speed up the process of the establishment of production of electric vehicles inside the country. It is also instructed to take necessary measures to promote electrification of the country’s public transportation and launch an infrastructure for electric transport. asiaplustj.info »
2023-03-29 13:57
The Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Tajikistan brings to attention of institutions, school students, as well as teachers and parents that due to cold weather winter holidays will be extended until January 16, 2023. asiaplustj.info »
2023-01-10 15:34
Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service says Tajik authorities reportedly failed to meet the autumn enlistment quota on December 1 and took extreme measures to fulfill the autumn conscription campaign target. asiaplustj.info »
2022-12-19 09:03
Tajik authorities have handed down long prison terms to three independent journalists and bloggers in recent days. Four other reporters are awaiting sentencing. The trials have all been held behind closed doors, preventing public scrutiny. asiaplustj.info »
2022-10-20 08:22
The Government of Tajikistan instructed the relevant ministries, departments and local government bodies to refrain from secondary spending of budget funds. asiaplustj.info »
2022-09-12 09:30
The Ministry of Transport of Tajikistan (MoT) has developed a complex program of development of electric transport in the country for the period of 2022-2026. The program is currently under consideration by the relevant ministries and agencies. asiaplustj.info »
2022-08-26 14:48
Over the past several days, at least nine Afghan nationals have been deported from Tajikistan, Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi , reported on August 24. A reliable source reportedly told Radio Ozodi that deportation of Afghan refugees began at the end of last week. asiaplustj.info »
2022-08-25 08:18
More than 363,000 foreign tourists have visited Tajikistan over the first six months of this year, which is 2.9 times more compared to the same period last year, Tojiddin Jourazoda, the head of the Tourism Development Committee under the Government of Tajikistan, told reporters in Dushanbe on July 28. asiaplustj.info »
2022-07-28 13:00
In a report released at a news conference in Dushanbe, the first deputy head of the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT), Firdavs Tolibzoda noted on July 18 that the Tajik authorities has fulfilled all the conditions that have been put forward by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for resumption of financial support within the framework of the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF) program. asiaplustj.info »
2022-07-18 12:53
The inter-agency working group is comprehensively exploring the issue of possible accession to the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), the Minister of Economic Development and Trade Zavqi Zavqizoda told reporters in Dushanbe on July 14. asiaplustj.info »
2022-07-15 08:18
An article by Mumin Ahmadi, Sirojiddin Tolibov and Nigora Fazliddin says a watchtower being built on the Afghan-Tajik border that is manned by members of the "Tajik Taliban" has caught the attention of Tajik officials. asiaplustj.info »
2022-07-13 08:28
Eurasianet says that as Tajikistan’s government consolidates its control over the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO), it is now going to invest in large infrastructure projects in the region. asiaplustj.info »
2022-07-08 08:57
Some international organizations say alarming reports are coming out from Khorog and call on the authorities of Tajikistan to avoid bloodshed during this volatile situation. Tajik authorities have increased their pressure on the so-called informal leaders in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO). asiaplustj.info »
2022-02-07 08:36
In a statement released on February 2, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan advises Tajikistanis to refrain from traveling to Kyrgyzstan. The statement, in particular, notes that the Tajik side has recorded facts of biased attitude towards citizens of Tajikistan in Kyrgyzstan. asiaplustj.info »
2022-02-03 08:55
Tajik authorities have confirmed detention of Amriddin Alovatshoyev in Russia and extradition of him to Tajikistan, though they had previously denied this. asiaplustj.info »
2022-02-02 09:51
Tajikistan authorities project inflation in 2022 and in the medium term (2023-2024) to stand at 6.0 percent, says Tajikistan’s Monetary Policy Forecast for the mentioned period. The document, in particular, outlines the tight monetary policy by the U.S. Central Bank (Federal Reserve System) as the main risk. asiaplustj.info »
2022-01-14 09:38
A meeting was held at the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (MoEDT) on January 4 to discuss economic aspects of President Emomali Rahmon’s address to a joint meeting of both chambers of parliament. asiaplustj.info »
2022-01-05 14:35
Co-chaired by the Tajik Minister of Economic Development and Trade Zavqi Zavqizoda, and the US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Trade Policy and Negotiations Matt Murray, the economic and energy part of the regular political consultations between Tajikistan and the United States took place in Washington on July 1. asiaplustj.info »
2021-07-05 08:53
Tajik authorities continue insisting that there are no new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country and the Health Ministry says that all those now in hospitals have seasonal pneumonia. asiaplustj.info »
2021-06-16 07:38
The Government of Tajikistan has endorsed the Plan of Actions on implementation of the National Concept to Attract Compatriots Living Abroad as Partners for Development for 2021-2025. The government’s decree on endorsement of this plan is available of the legal information portal of the Ministry of Justice of Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
2021-06-14 10:05
The Government of Tajikistan has endorsed the list and volumes of basic imported by the Agency on State Material Reserves into the country on preferential terms. In accordance with government’s resolution, these products include food, diesel fuel and gasoline. asiaplustj.info »
2021-05-20 14:16
The Government of Tajikistan has opened a special bank account to provide assistance to residents of Isfara (Vorukh, Chorkuh, Surkh, Somonioyon and Kahoka Aloe) who became victims of clashes that took place at the Tajik-Kyrgyz border. asiaplustj.info »
2021-05-07 13:17
In a statement delivered at the online conference on Digital Economy in Tajikistan, Jan-Peter Olters, Country Manager, World Bank Office in Republic of Tajikistan, noted that digitalization can address the legacy of climate change, and landlocked geographical position of the country. asiaplustj.info »
2021-04-27 09:21
The Government of Tajikistan has adopted the housing and utilities sector development program designed for 2021-2024. 2.623 billion somonis (equivalent to US$232 million), with 77 percent of this amount being grants, are planned to be spent for implementation of this program. asiaplustj.info »
2021-03-29 14:16
The Standing Committee on COVID-19 Response has adopted a decision to allow organization of weddings with participation of maximum 100 people. The Committee has adopted such a decision taking into account improvement of the sanitary-epidemiological situation in the country, Khovar news agency says. asiaplustj.info »
2021-03-29 07:26
Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Tajik authorities “continued to jail government critics, including opposition activists and journalists, for lengthy prison terms on politically motivated grounds. asiaplustj.info »
2021-01-14 13:32
A Tajik citizen was killed in an attack by unidentified gunmen in the Imam Sahib district of Kunduz province in northern Afghanistan, according to at least two Afghan media outlets — the newspaper Hasht-e Subh and Amu.
Медсестра из Таджикистана была убита в результате нападения неизвестных вооруженных лиц в районе Имам-Сахиб провинции Кундуз в Афганистане. Об этом сообщили по меньшей мере два афганских СМИ — газета «Хашт-е субх» и Amu.
В Душанбе сотрудники милиции задержали 51-летнего жителя столицы Тохира Расулова, подозреваемого в умышленном причинении тяжкого вреда здоровью, повлекшем смерть человека. Об этом сообщает столичная милиция .
Tajikistan's Prosecutor-General, Habibullo Vohidzoda, has commented for the first time on the shooting incident at the Khujand detention center that occurred on January 31, 2026. Speaking to journalists on February 13, he explained that three prisoners attacked prison staff during a walk, using various objects. All three attackers were neutralized.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan has commented on a tragic accident in Dushanbe, which resulted in the deaths of three people. The fatal crash occurred on Ayni Street in the capital during the night of February 7.
В МВД Таджикистана прокомментировали страшную аварию в Душанбе, в которой погибли три человека. Смертельное ДТП произошло на столичной улице Айни в ночь на 7 февраля. Согласно видеозаписям, опубликованным в соцсетях, в автомобиле находились водитель и две девушки.
Muzaffar Ashuriyon, the Minister of Justice of Tajikistan, declined to comment on a deadly incident that occurred in Khujand penal colony at the end of January when journalists asked about it during a news conference in Dushanbe on February 12.