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15:34, may 6, 2011

Tajik official attributes devaluation of Tajik national currency to gasoline price hike

DUSHANBE, May 6, 2011, Asia-Plus -- The main reason for devaluation of the Tajik national currency, the somoni, against the dollar is gasoline price hike, Deputy Finance Minister Jamoliddin

13:03, may 6, 2011

Tajikistan ranked among three CIS nations with highest inflation rate in Q1 2011

DUSHANBE, May 6, 2011, Asia-Plus -- The CIS Interstate Committee for Statistics has ranked Tajikistan among three CIS nations with the highest inflation rate for the first quarter of 2011.

12:36, may 6, 2011

Two killed, two injured in Varzob traffic accident

DUSHANBE, May 6, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Two persons were killed and at least two others were injured on May 4 as a car fell into a river in Varzob district.

12:18, may 6, 2011

Drug police seize some 55 kilos of hashish in Khujand yesterday

DUSHANBE, May 6, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Officers from the Interior Ministry department for combating drug trafficking (drug police) have seized a large amount of hashish in northern Tajikistan.

11:58, may 6, 2011

Mudslides kill three in Tajikistan

Two residents of Khatlon province and 16-year-old girl from Sughd province were killed by yesterday’s mudslides caused by torrential rain.

11:36, may 6, 2011

Tajik CCI head receives XUAR delegation

DUSHANBE, May 6, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Priorities of bilateral cooperation were the focus of a meeting of Tajikistan’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) head Said Sharif with a delegation

11:01, may 6, 2011

IRP deputy leader meets with U.S. ambassador

DUSHANBE, May 6, 2011, Asia-Plus -- A meeting of the deputy leader of the Islamic Revival Party (IRP) Umarali Hisaynov, who is also member of the Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower

10:31, may 6, 2011

Diana Gurtskaya to sing together with young Tajik singers

The music and cultural festival for talented children with physical and intellectual disabilities is starting in Dushanbe today.

10:02, may 6, 2011

Four of recaptured prison escapees sentenced to life in prison

DUSHANBE, May 6, 2011, Asia-Plus -- The news center of the Supreme Court of Tajikistan yesterday released report on sentences passed on seven men recaptured after a high-profile jailbreak in

08:47, may 6, 2011

Authorities to evict media watchdog from rental premises

DUSHANBE, May 6, 2011, Asia-Plus -- The authorities reportedly want to evict the National Association of Independent Media of Tajikistan (Nansmit) from rental premises.

08:41, may 6, 2011

Russia’s FSKN chef supports the idea of return of Russian border guards to Tajik-Afghan border

DUSHANBE, May 6, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Viktor Ivanov, the head of Russia''s Federal Drug Control Service (FSKN), supports the idea of return of Russian border guards to the Tajik-Afghan border,

17:26, may 5, 2011

Tajikistan concerned over republication of book reprinting cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad

DUSHANBE, May 5, 2011, Asia-Plus -- The Permanent Mission of Tajikistan to the United Nations expresses concern about intention of Norwegian publishing-house, Cappelen Damm, to reprint “The Tyranny

16:23, may 5, 2011

Tajik painter given title of Honorary Professor at Shanghai University

DUSHANBE, May 5, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Known Tajik painter Suhrob Qurbonov has been given a title of Honorary Professor at Shanghai University.

16:03, may 5, 2011

Drug pusher detained in Dushanbe with 10 kilos of hashish

DUSHANBE, May 5, 2011, Asia-Plus -- An operation by officers from the Drug Control Agency (DCA) led to the arrest of drug pusher in Dushanbe on May 4, the DCA news center reports.

15:42, may 5, 2011

Gazpromneft-Tajikistan reportedly prohibited from raising fuel prices

Tajikistan’s antimonopoly agency did not let Gazpromneft-Tajikistan raise retail prices for gasoline and diesel fuel until new consignment of oil products comes from Russia.

13:12, may 5, 2011

Newborn baby killed in home fire in Khatlon

A fire that broke out in a residential building in Khuroson district killed newborn baby girl

12:42, may 5, 2011

Year-round greenhouse in Vose produces its first vegetable crops

KULOB, May 5, 2011, Asia-Plus -- A greenhouse at the agricultural production cooperative, Sadbarg, in Khatlon’s Vose district has produced its first cucumber crop.

12:19, may 5, 2011

Tajik-German police cooperation issues discussed in Berlin

DUSHANBE, May 5, 2011, Asia-Plus -- A delegation of Tajik Ministry of Interior (MoI), led by Interior Minister Abdurahim Qahhorov, visited Germany from May 1 to May 4 to discuss cooperation issues

11:46, may 5, 2011

New brick-making plant introduced into operation in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, May 5, 2011, Asia-Plus -- A new brick-making plant has reportedly been introduced into operation in Tajikistan.

11:35, may 5, 2011

Tajikistan seeks Luxembourg CC’s support for attraction of investments

DUSHANBE, May 5, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s Ambassador to the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg Rustam Soliyev yesterday met with the Director General of the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce (CC),

10:47, may 5, 2011

Tajik capital hosts meeting of OCA committee for international cooperation

DUSHANBE, May 5, 2011, Asia-Plus -- A meeting of the Committee for International Cooperation at the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has opened in Dushanbe today morning.

10:21, may 5, 2011

Dushanbe, Islamabad discuss scientific and technological cooperation

DUSHANBE, May 5, 2011, Asia-Plus -- On Wednesday May 4, Tajik Ambassador to Pakistan Zubyadullo Zubyadov met in Islamabad with Pakistani Federal Minister for Science and Technology Mir

10:00, may 5, 2011

Argentina plans to support enhancement of livestock sector in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, May 5, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Chairman of the Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament) Shukurjon Zuhurov yesterday met here with Mr.

09:39, may 5, 2011

Four jailed for life over Tajik jailbreak

DUSHANBE, May 5, 2011, Asia-Plus -- A court in Tajikistan has jailed four men for life in connection with a mass jailbreak last August that left several prison guards dead, Radio Liberty’s Tajik

09:32, may 5, 2011

Best Tajik silkworm breeder to be given Vietnam travel’s voucher

DUSHANBE, May 5, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Tajik-Vietnamese joint venture engaged in silkworm breeding, VT-Silk, will reportedly award a Vietnam travel’s voucher to the best Tajik silkworm breeder

18:28, may 4, 2011

Shortage of US currency reported in Tajikistan’s market

Tajik central bank reportedly uses currency intervention to keep the exchange rate for the US dollar at current level.

17:33, may 4, 2011

Victory Day event to take place in Dushanbe at the Eternal Flame Memorial

DUSHANBE, May 4, 2011, Asia-Plus -- A ceremonial event dedicated to the 66th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 will take place at the Eternal Flame Memorial in

16:57, may 4, 2011

Supreme Court sentences nine jailbreak fugitives

One of them, Abdurasoul Mirzoyev, brother of ex-commander of Presidential Guards and ex-director of the Drug Control Agency Ghaffor Mirzoyev who was given a life sentence in 2006 on charges of

15:38, may 4, 2011

Authorities deny rumors about mass strike by fixed-route taxi drivers as ‘baseless’

DUSHANBE, May 4, 2011, Asia-Plus -- The Dushanbe municipal authorities say rumors that drivers of fixed-route taxies in Dushanbe allegedly went on a mass strike Wednesday morning, demanding

15:09, may 4, 2011

MPs to consider parental responsibility bill before the recess

DUSHANBE, May 4, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Committees and commissions of the lower house (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament will consider the bill on holding parents responsible for their