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Tajikistan’s Ministry of Labor, Migration and Employment of the Population (MoLMEP) representative office in Russia has urged labor migrants, particularly young people, to exercise caution when using social media and messaging apps.

A new three-story residential building has been opened at Auxiliary Boarding School No. 1 in Kulob, Khatlon Province, providing accommodation and facilities for up to 160 pupils.

Tajikistan is stepping up preventive measures at sanitary and quarantine checkpoints on the state border following reports of a plague case in Russia.

Air quality has deteriorated across Dushanbe and several regions of Tajikistan amid changing weather conditions, with elevated levels of fine particulate matter recorded by air-quality monitoring stations.

Yemen’s internationally recognized government has launched a major military campaign to retake territory controlled by the Iran-backed Houthi movement, President Rashad al-Alimi announced on October 4, according to the BBC’s Russian Service.

The National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT) has warned citizens about malicious APK files being distributed through Telegram, WhatsApp and other communication channels.

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon has called for the development of new terminology in the Tajik language to reflect advances in science, technology and artificial intelligence.

Tajikistan finished the 2026 Asian Games in 22nd place after winning 16 medals — two gold, five silver and nine bronze — at the continental multi-sport event in Japan.

Uzbekistan’s Senate has approved legislation introducing life imprisonment for certain sexual crimes against children under the age of 14.

Tajik television is marking 67 years since its first broadcast, which aired on October 3, 1959.

More than 200 representatives of government agencies, central and national banks, international financial institutions, donor organizations, banks, microfinance institutions, fintech companies and businesses gathered in Dushanbe for the International Bank…

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $20.5 million grant to expand pension coverage in Tajikistan, modernize the system that delivers retirement and other social benefits, and make services faster, safer, and easier to access, ADB Tajikistan Re…

Almost 900,000 pensioners in Tajikistan receive an average of 506 somoni a month, while the country still has no functioning private pension funds.

Tajikistan’s lower house of parliament has ratified a $300 million grant agreement with the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) to finance the second phase of the Roghun hydropower plant (HPP) completion project.

Ten families whose homes were completely destroyed by a mudslide in the village of Barrushon, Rushan district, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO), have received keys to newly built houses.

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon received Russian Deputy Prime Minister and co-chair of the Tajik-Russian Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation Marat Khusnullin in Dushanbe on October 1, the Tajik president’s official website reports.

Tajikistan and Russia aim to increase bilateral trade 2.5 times by 2030, officials said following a meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation in Dushanbe on October 1.

Tajik judokas Muhiddin Asadulloyev and Abubakr Sherov have won bronze medals at the 20th Asian Games in Japan, taking Tajikistan’s overall medal tally to 12.

Tajikistan plans to increase electricity exports to Afghanistan and construct a new 500-kilovolt (kV) transmission line, according to Afghanistan’s General Directorate of State-Owned Corporations.

The chambers of commerce and industry of Tajikistan and Afghanistan have agreed to promote trade, investment and direct contacts between businesses in the two countries, Afghanistan’s Chamber of Commerce and Investment (ACCI) reported following online tal…

Eurasianet reports that construction of Tajikistan’s massive Roghun hydropower project has advanced significantly over the past year, with new international financing secured and work on the main dam structure moving forward.

Tajikistan is increasingly vulnerable to floods, droughts and landslides as climate change brings rising temperatures and changing precipitation patterns, according to the fourth Environmental Performance Review of Tajikistan presented by the UN Economic…

On September 27, two new 3-megawatt (MW) Solar Photovoltaic Power Plants, each paired with a 0.5 MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) — one in Rozh Village, Shughnan District, Viloyati Mukhtori Kuhistoni Badakhshon (VMKB), located at an elevation of 2…

Tajikistan and South Korea have announced a comprehensive partnership covering critical minerals, transport, energy, education and investment.

Iran’s Varesh Airlines has rerouted its Tehran–Dushanbe flights through Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan after Turkmenistan denied the carrier permission to use its airspace, increasing the journey by more than an hour.

The US Supreme Court has allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to resume deporting migrants to countries other than their countries of origin, pending further proceedings in the case.

Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO), the city of Bokhtar, the capital of Khatlon province, and Tojikobod district (Rasht Valley) reported full completion of their autumn military conscription quotas on October 1, the first day of Tajikistan’s latest…

October in Tajikistan is expected to bring temperatures close to or slightly above the climatic norm, with rain, stronger winds and fog in some areas.

Tajikistan’s medal tally at the 2026 Asian Games in Japan has reached 10 after judoka Ahliya Muminova and boxer Parviz Karimov won bronze medals on September 30.

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon has ordered government agencies to prepare for the 2026–2027 winter, stockpile fuel and food, and speed up the harvesting of remaining crops.

The innovative poet Payrav Sulaymoni was one of the founders of the Tajik school of professional literary translation.

The shift from paper-based trade to digital data exchange, e-commerce development and regional digital integration were the main themes of the Central Asian Digital Trade Forum, held in Dushanbe on September 28 under the motto “Smart Trade.

Tajikistan has ranked first in the world for utility models in the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2026, according to a report by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

Tajikistan is attracting more tourists, but the country’s hotel sector is facing a decline in revenues.

Four initiatives aimed at strengthening digital cooperation among Central Asian countries have been presented in Astana as part of discussions on regional digital integration, the analytical portal Delovoy Kazakhstan reports.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin will arrive in Tajikistan today, 30 September, for a working visit, Tajikistan’s state-run news agency Khovar reports.

In China, a fan was never simply a tool to escape the heat.

Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are planning to establish a pilot mechanism for regional electricity trade aimed at improving cross-border power exchanges and complementing the region’s existing energy system with new market-based rules.

The Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, with support from the World Bank under the Tajikistan Rural Electrification Project (TREP), on September 27 marked two important milestones in expanding and strengthening electricity infrastructure across the…

The 110/35/10 kV Qozideh Substation in Ishkashim District and the 42.3-kilometer, 110 kV (double circuit) Vomar–Voznavd Transmission Line in Rushan District were formally inaugurated on September 27 in an online ceremony held in the presence of the Founder

Tajikistan will allocate 39.57 million somoni over five years to implement a program aimed at developing children’s music, art and arts schools across the country.

A court in Sughd province has sentenced a 30-year-old resident of Mastchoh district to 21 years in prison for killing her brother.

Tajikistan has proposed organizing a joint business forum and an exhibition of national products in Kuwait before the end of 2026 as part of efforts to expand economic cooperation between the two countries.

Tajikistan’s national team has increased its medal haul at the 20th Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya after winning three more medals.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is considering a loan of up to €48.38 million to support the expansion of Tajikistan’s fiber-optic backbone network and broadband internet infrastructure.

Russia has introduced new restrictions on the export of cash rubles to Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) member states.

Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon has dismissed Farzona Ghafourzoda from her position as a judge of the Istiqlol city court in Sughd province, citing an act that “discredits the honor and dignity of a judge,” the presidential press service reported.

For more than 30 years, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has implemented development projects in Tajikistan, supporting education, healthcare, agriculture, infrastructure and small businesses.

Russia is facing a growing labor shortage while the number of foreign workers in the country continues to decline.

The deaths of 14 Kazakh servicemen during military exercises in the Caspian Sea have triggered a government investigation, the dismissal of the defense minister and renewed scrutiny of long-standing problems within Kazakhstan’s armed forces.