Tajik satirist Bakhtiyor Rahimov, whose comic performances lampooned daily life and sometimes touched on power, corruption and bureaucracy, has died after longstanding health problems. He was 56 years old, according to media reports. Rahimov, founder of a comedy group called Gharibsho Company and a
Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon sent a congratulatory telegram to President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov on the country’s election as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for 2027-2028.
Tajikistan and Russia will reopen a direct passenger train route between Dushanbe and Moscow, restoring the service after it was suspended during the pandemic six years ago. The Dushanbe-Moscow service, a trip of several thousand kilometers that takes four days and passes through Uzbekistan and Kaza
Tajikistan’s Somon Air expects the delivery of new Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft in the next few months, in a fleet expansion designed to strengthen the airline as a growing player in Central Asia’s aviation sector. The national carrier, which aims to offer new intercontinental routes, said its manageme
In Tajikistan, law enforcement agencies have uncovered instances of repeated fortune-telling and witchcraft, leading to criminal investigations, the Tajik Ministry of Internal Affairs reports. As established during operational investigative activities, a 61-year-old resident of the city of Gissar was engaged in fortune telling and witchcraft, receiving money from citizens for this and spending it for […] Запись Two Tajik residents have taken up fortune telling again – a criminal case has been...
На форуме Female Founders Forum Tajikistan , который состоялся в июне в Душанбе, одной из самых заметных гостей стала Сохибахон Мухитдинова — венчурный инвестор, бизнес-ангел и директор по венчурным инвестициям в InsurTech NY Fund (США). Сохибахон прошла свой карьерный путь, начиная с торговли едой
The national youth football team of Kyrgyzstan (U20) defeated Tajikistan, the Kyrgyz Football Union reported.
The European Union has removed three financial institutions in Tajikistan from its sanctions list. The decision was adopted on April 23, as part of the EU’s 20th sanctions package, according to the National Bank of Tajikistan. The move concerns Spitamen Bank, Dushanbe City Bank, and Commercebank of
While its regional neighbors are increasingly undergoing urbanization, Tajikistan remains a predominantly rural country and the gap with the rest of Central Asia on this indicator is one of the most notable in the post-Soviet space. The Lowest Rate in the Region As of mid-2026, Tajikistan’s urban po
Chinese engineers and workers have returned to a highway site in eastern Tajikistan under armed protection . Their return restarts work on a road toward China that stopped after two attacks from Afghanistan killed five Chinese nationals in November. Tajikistan’s Transport Ministry said Chinese speci
В городе Пенджикенте Согдийской области после длительного перерыва возобновит работу предприятие по добыче и переработке меди и олова Broadtek Tajikistan Mining Investment Limited. Об этом сообщили в пресс-службе администрации города. По данным местных властей, подготовка к возобновлению деятельност
A Tajik labor migrant working in Russia has received nearly $15,000 in unpaid wages following an intervention by Tajikistan’s Ministry of Labor, Migration and Employment, the ministry said. According to the ministry’s representative office in Russia, the worker approached officials in May, alleging
Central Asia’s water woes continue to grow worse. The water flow in the Amu Darya, one of Central Asia’s two great rivers, is slowly but significantly diminishing in Tajikistan, where the river originates. A recently released report shows the Amu Darya’s water flow in the middle and lower reaches in
The CIS Film Forum Central Asia+ has been opened in Almaty. Representatives of the film industries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan are participating in the forum.
Kyrgyzstan will simplify the process of recovery of child support from debtors located in Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Belarus, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. The draft law on ratifying the protocols to the Minsk and Chisinau Conventions was approved by the relevant Committee of the Zhogorku Kenesh on Judicial and Legal Issues, Law and Order, Crime and Corruption Control.
Turkish Airlines will increase flights between Istanbul and Dushanbe from five to seven days a week, according to Turkey’s ambassador in Tajikistan. “Starting on August 3, daily Dushanbe–Istanbul flights will be available, further strengthening connectivity between Turkey and Tajikistan,” Ambassador
ДУШАНБЕ, 15 июн - Sputnik. В городе Пенджикенте Согдийской области возобновит работу предприятие по добыче и переработке меди и олова. Об этом сообщает пресс-служба администрации города. Отмечается, что речь идет о заводе Broadtek Tajikistan Mining Investment Limited, которое начнет свою деятельно
The State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan (SCNS) has dismantled a transnational criminal group involved in the trafficking of narcotic substances through an international drug transit route running from Afghanistan through Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan to other CIS countries.
From June 5 to 8, a national weightlifting tournament dedicated to the memory of Sangov Babakhon was held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. The Bishkek City Hall reported.
On April 28, 2026, the first International Scientific and Practical Conference on "Strategic Planning: Monitoring and Evaluation System in the Republic of Tajikistan" was held in Dushanbe. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Republic of Tajikistan. The event took place on the eve of […] Запись The first international conference on monitoring and evaluation was held in Dushanbe впервые появилась Tajikistan News in English.