Zarangez Navruzshoh is a correspondent for RFE/RL's Tajik Service.
Russian military recruiters have increased attempts to recruit migrant workers in mosques, dorms, and migration offices to try to lure them into joining the Russian Army as Moscow struggles to prop up its depleted forces in Ukraine.
Due to a recent cold snap in areas of Tajikistan, the birds of Khatlon Province have been struggling to fly. In such harsh conditions, they can get stuck in the snow and freeze. A local farmer has taken it upon himself to save the birds by letting them live in his greenhouse.
Dozens of Tajik migrants work in the Russian-occupied city of Mariupol in Ukraine, after being hired by Russian construction companies pledging high salaries and other benefits. But some of the workers say they want to leave Mariupol and warn others to beware of false promises.
A court in Dushanbe has convicted two private business owners of defrauding more than 200 impoverished Tajiks through a fake job recruitment scheme that falsely guaranteed them employment at an auto plant in the Czech Republic.
Tajikistan has begun an unofficial “campaign” to demand parents circumcise their baby boys within 20 days of their birth. Critics say the action violates personal freedom.
Tajiks donate clothes and cash to help a homeless woman who was so desperate she tried to put her six children into an orphanage.
A help center for HIV-positive women in the Tajik capital says it has helped several couples to meet, marry, and start a family life.
Two mental-math phenoms from Dushanbe have become overnight celebrities and role models for schoolchildren across Tajikistan after winning a regional "GeniusKid" contest.
Tajikistan is to reregister millions of SIM cards as part of efforts to tighten security across the country.
A 19-year-old Tajik gardener takes it all in stride when her photo for a Romanian photographer's Atlas Of Beauty project takes the Central Asian Internet by storm.
Tajik state television has begun showing Hollywood films without subtitles or voiceover in a drive to help more people learn English.
Recent figures show that a high number of rural women in Tajikistan are delivering babies at home, often without the aid of midwives or qualified medical professionals. RFE/RL looks at how home births are harming the country's efforts to improve its high maternal mortality rate.
Tajikistan's parliament is expected any day to pass a new bill on education that would offer numerous perks and privileges for teachers. The law is widely seen as an attempt to lure male teachers to schools, as many men have left their jobs in the education system, complaining of meager wages.
Arabic names as well as names associated with Islam have come into fashion in Tajikistan, with even some adults adopting "more suitable" religious names. Experts say the trend reflects the growing influence of Islam in the post-Soviet country.
