TAJIKISTAN BREAKING NEWS

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 Resident Mission (TJRM) reported on October 2.…

Almost 900,000 pensioners in Tajikistan receive an average of 506 somoni a month, while the country still has no functioning private pension funds. The average pension in Tajikistan stood at 505.67 somoni as of September 1, 2026, according to the Agency for Social Insurance and Pensions. The…

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. The agreement was approved at a parliamentary session on October…

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. The handover ceremony took place on September 30 and was attended by GBAO Governor Sharifkhon Safarzoda…

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. The two officials discussed strengthening…

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. The meeting was co-chaired by Tajik Prime Minister Qohir Rasoulzoda and Russian Deputy Prime Minister…

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 . Asadulloyev claimed bronze in the men’s 73kg category, while Sherov finished third in the 81kg division. The International Judo Federation…

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 plans were reportedly discussed during a meeting in Dushanbe between Mahmadomar Asozoda, head of…

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 talks on September 30. The talks brought…

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. In June, the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a $300…

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 Commission for Europe (UNECE) in Dushanbe.…

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 2,665 metres above sea level, and one in…

Tajikistan and South Korea have announced a comprehensive partnership covering critical minerals, transport, energy, education and investment. The agreements followed President Emomali Rahmon’s first official visit to South Korea in 11 years and the first Central Asia–South Korea summit in Seoul.…