Asia Tajikistan The education official denied reports of an exodus of teachers from the country as totally unfounded, stating that the dropout due to the pandemic has receded and more than 8.000 graduates in pedagogical specialities have been recruited
Asia Tajikistan The country has increased pension rates for orphans, bringing the average to 232,90 somoni (about US$20)
Asia Tajikistan The country has begun work on connecting to the integrated Central Asian energy system; Tajik energy company Barqi Tojik expects to complete activities by the end of 2022
Asia Tajikistan The Tajik government will co-host, together with Netherlands, the UN Conference on the Water Action Decade that will be held in New York from 22 to 24 March 2023 as the midterm review of the “Water for Sustainable Development” program
Asia Tajikistan The government has allowed Saudi citizens to enter the country without a visa as of this January, given the Tajik government's desire to increase and develop cooperation with the Kingdom in all areas of common interest
Asia Tajikistan Tajik-Chinese joint gold mining venture Zarafshon has been exempted from paying taxes and customs duties on equipment technologies being supplied to Tajikistan for construction of a metallurgical plant
Asia Tajikistan The country is improving its international competitiveness in the textile and clothing sector, with 18 experts in the field of fashion and sewing enrolled in an intensive tailoring course with the latest design technologies and innovative trends
Asia Tajikistan The Asian Development Bank has approved a $30 million grant to modernize the Yovon irrigation and drainage system in the lower Vakhsh River basin, which will help increase agricultural productivity
Asia Tajikistan Rare protests by thousands of people in the remote Gorno-Badakhshan region continued for a third day yesterday demanding an investigation into the death of a local man wanted on kidnapping charges and fatally wounded by security forces
Asia Tajikistan The International Energy Agency has released a new roadmap examining ways in which the country could maximise the potential value of its hydropower surplus through cross-border trade, helping to promote renewable energy across Central Asia
Asia Tajikistan As of today, public transport fares in the capital Dushanbe are increased by an average of 50%
Asia Tajikistan About US$90 million was earned on electricity exports to neighboring countries in January-September 2021, US$36,1 million more than the same period last year, according to the Statistics Agency
Asia Tajikistan A non-food items warehouse with stocks for cross-border emergency situations in Kushoniyon district, Khatlon province has been opened by UNDP and the country's Emergency Situations Committee