Tajikistan News Gazette

News From Tajikistan

Day: February 14, 2023

General

Inclusive junior field schools leave no one behind

In the Republic of Tajikistan, one in four families has at least one family member working abroad. Representing about 10 percent of the total population, labour migrants from Tajikistan are predominantly men and mainly from rural areas. Families of lab…

Key Issues

Tajik rescuers pull 31 bodies from the rubble in 18 hours in Turkiye, says Tajik Emergencies Committee

The Emergencies Committee under the Government of Tajikistan says that on February 13, Tajik rescuers pulled 31 bodies from the rubble in 18 hours. The Emergencies Committee press center also noted that Tajik rescuers have pulled 109 bodies from the ru…

General

Iran reportedly smuggles at least 18 long-ranged drones into Russia

At least 18 of the drones were reportedly delivered to Russia’s navy after Russian officers and technicians made a special visit to Tehran in November, where they were shown a full range of Iran’s technologies.According to the report, most of the drone…

Health

One Tajik national injured and four others have their houses damaged by devastating quake in Turkiye

As a result of the quake, a Tajik women living in Gaziantep reportedly sustained a head injury and was evacuated to Ankara.“She is now feeling well and is staying with relatives of her husband, who is national of Turkiye,” said a representative of the …

Finance

World Bank supports improvement of access to water in rural areas of Tajikistan

Poor water and sanitation services in rural areas of Tajikistan disproportionately affect women and children, exposing them to elevated health risks. In the area serviced by the new water supply system, previously only 1000 households had access to pip…

Finance

New labor ministry fails to give the number of Tajik nations working in abroad as labor migrants

After opening remarks and a short report on the activities of the ministry in 2022, Hasanzoda asked journalists to list all the questions addressed to the ministry, but she answered not all the questions. Thus, the new labor minister failed to answer t…

Finance

IsDB to provide US$150 million to Tajikistan for completion of construction of Roghun hydropower plant

According to him, during his meeting with IsDB vice-president that took place on February 7, an agreement was reached on providing 250 million U.S. dollars to Tajikistan.Of this amount, 150 million U.S. dollars will be channeled to completion of the co…