Asia Tajikistan A shortage of electricity is expected this season, as the inflow of water feeding hydroelectric power plant is much lower than last year, requiring a regulation of the use of water and energy resources by both businesses and residential customers
Asia Tajikistan Nizomiddin Nasriddinov, a former activist of the opposition movement Group 24, was sentenced to 8½ years in prison on charges of making public appeals to forcibly change Tajikistan's constitutional order
Asia Tajikistan New website www.ctd.tj. developed in cooperation with Somon Technology Limited Liability Company has been launched by the Tourism Development Committee of the Government of Tajikistan
Asia Tajikistan The creation of a Central Asian Media Association was proposed by President Emomali Rahmon speaking at the fifth meeting of the heads of Central Asian states
Asia Tajikistan President Rahmon instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to notify the General Secretariat of the Standards and Metrology Institute of Islamic Countries (SMIIC) of the Republic's membership in the organization
Asia Tajikistan The new buildings for the government and parliament will start be operative in 2024; the Committee for Architecture and Construction reveals the main building of the parliamentary complex will have a height of 49.7 m and a total area of 42.874 m2
Asia Tajikistan A new decree bans the import of vehicles produced before 2013 in an effort to combat the effects of environmental pollution and will come into effect two months after publication in an official newspaper
Asia Tajikistan Schools in Tajikistan continue to face a severe shortage of chemistry, physics and mathematics teachers, with 3.434 teaching vacancies, says a report released at a press conference in Dushanbe
Asia Tajikistan The Summer Handicrafts Fair will be held at Hotel Serena Dushanbe July 22-23, with artisans from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan displaying their products
Asia Tajikistan A temporary ban on cement exports has been imposed to fully meet domestic needs for this construction material
Asia Tajikistan The government's campaign against the activities of a charitable organisation financed by the Agha Khan, the spiritual leader of the country's Ismaili minority, has intensified in recent weeks
Asia Tajikistan Environmental experts in Tajikistan are calling on authorities to ban cigarette filters in the country, saying this would combat pollution and discourage smoking
Asia Tajikistan The Global Slavery Index 2023, compiled by the Walk Free Foundation, showed Tajikistan ranked 6th among countries with the highest estimated prevalence of modern slavery, with a rate of 14 per 1.000 population