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09:38, september 4, 2012

World Bank-financed assessment studies will not decide whether Roghun is built

DUSHANBE, September 4, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Saroj Jha, World Bank Regional Director for Central Asia, explains the importance of energy and water resource management in Central Asia and the Bank’s

17:14, september 3, 2012

India backs Tajikistan to WTO

DUSHANBE, September 3, 2012, Asia-Plus -- India Blooms News Service (IBNS) reports Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Monday that India hopes to see an early accession of Tajikistan to

17:08, september 3, 2012

India, Tajikistan agree to deepen counter-terrorism cooperation

DUSHANBE, September 3, Asia-Plus -- The Delhi-based news agency, Asian News International (ANI) reports the Prime Minister, Dr.

16:43, september 3, 2012

Tajikistan, India sign six cooperation documents in New Delhi

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon held talks with Indian Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, in New Delhi on September 3.

15:37, september 3, 2012

FIDH says SCO ‘vehicle’ for rights abuses

DUSHANBE, September 3, Asia-Plus -- A report by an international human rights group says the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is being used by its members as a “vehicle for human rights

15:22, september 3, 2012

21st anniversary of Tajikistan’s Independence to be marked without military parade

DUSHANBE, September 3, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Tajik authorities have decided to mark the 21st anniversary of Tajikistan’s Independence without traditional military parade.

15:07, september 3, 2012

Tajik counternacroctics agency reports large opium haul in Kulob

DUSHANBE, September 3, 212, Asia-Plus -- Officers from the Drug Control Agency (DCA)’s office in the southern Khatlon province have reportedly seized a large amount of raw opium.

14:49, september 3, 2012

Tajik parliament’s upper house to consider new edition of tax code in mid-September

DUSHANBE, September 3, 2012, Asia-Plus -- On Monday September 3, Mahmadsaid Ubaidulloyev, speaker of Tajikistan’s upper house (Majlisi Milli) of parliament, signed a decree on convocation of

14:42, september 3, 2012

Majlisi Namoyandagon board considers new edition of tax code again

DUSHANBE, September 3, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The board (Shuro) of Tajikistan’s lower house (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament considered a new edition of the country’s tax code at a September

14:18, september 3, 2012

Two jailed in Khatlon for membership in IMU

DUSHANBE, September 3, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Two persons have got long jail terms for membership in the banned Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) and two others have been fined for not reporting a

13:46, september 3, 2012

Tajik Ambassador to Azerbaijan dies

Ambassador of Tajikistan to Azerbaijan Zokir Vazirov died in Baku today, aged 64 after a long illness.

10:26, september 3, 2012

Goa the first leg of President Rahmon’s state visit to India

DUSHANBE, September 3, 2012, Asia-Plus -- On September 1 and 2, President Emomali Rahmon was in Goa during his state visit t India, the Tajik president’s official reports.

09:25, september 3, 2012

Advocates of the hijab are once again on the defensive in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, September 3, 2012, Asia-Plus – The article “Synthetic Hijabs Get under Tajik Women''s Skin” by Farangis Najibullah and Mumin posted on radio Liberty’s website on August 31 says the

09:00, september 3, 2012

Chronicle of the month: August, 2012

August 1 - The authorities reportedly began partially withdrawing troops from Khorog, the capital of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous

17:05, september 1, 2012

World Bank, Tajik government continue partnership in energy sector

DUSHANBE, September 1, 2012, Asia-Plus – On Friday August 31, the World Bank declared effective the Additional Financing for Tajikistan’s Energy Loss Reduction Project (ELRP), press release issued

16:55, september 1, 2012

Children in conflict with the law often become victims of torture at the time of arrest

DUSHANBE, September 1, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The Center for Child’s Rights has presented the findings of the survey entitled “Monitoring Torture and Ill-Treatment of Children in the Context of

15:24, september 1, 2012

Abdullo Navjuvanov appointed deputy minister of interiors

DUSHANBE, September 1, 2012, Asia-Plus -- On Friday August 31, Abdullo Navjuvanov, formerly chief of the Interior Ministry inquest department, was appointed Deputy Minister of Interior,

15:12, september 1, 2012

Tajik interior minister receives Norwegian parliamentary delegation

DUSHANBE, September 1, 2012, Asia-Plus -- On Friday August 31, Minister of Interiors Ramazon Rahimov received visiting Norwegian parliamentary delegation, led by deputy speaker Akhtar

14:45, september 1, 2012

Tajik president pays a state visit to India

DUSHANBE, September 1, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Tajik President Emomali Rahmon pays a state visit to India from September 1-4.

14:30, september 1, 2012

Rahmon inaugurates new international school in Dushanbe

President Emomali Rahmon has inaugurated a new international school in Dushanbe.

16:26, august 31, 2012

Iran bears no relation to construction of Roghun dam in Tajikistan, says Iranian diplomat

DUSHANBE, August 31, 2012, Asia-Plus -- “Neither state-run nor private companies of Iran have participated in construction of the Roghun hydroelectric power plant (HPP) in Tajikistan,” Abbas

14:32, august 31, 2012

New Ukrainian ambassador to Tajikistan appointed

DUSHANBE, August 31, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has appointed a new ambassador to Tajikistan.

14:15, august 31, 2012

Three Tajik Democrats seek political asylum in Sweden

DUSHANBE, August 31, 2012, Asia-Plus – Three activists of the Mahmadruzi Iskandarov-run wing of the Democratic Party of Tajikistan (DPT) have applied to the Swish Government for political asylum,

11:24, august 31, 2012

Labor migration issues discussed in Dushanbe Thursday

DUSHANBE, August 30, 2012, Asia-Plus – A second meeting of the Public Council at the Migration Service under the Government of Tajikistan took place in Dushanbe yesterday.

11:02, august 31, 2012

Rahmon holds talks with Leader of Islamic Revolution, Pakistani President in Tehran

DUSHNBE, August 31, 2012, Asia-Plus -- On the sidelines of the 16th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon met with Supreme Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah

10:06, august 31, 2012

Some 165,000 first-graders to go to school in Tajikistan on Sep 1

DUSHANBE, August 31, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Some 165,000 first-graders will attend school for the first time in the 2012-2013 school year, Vaysiddin Ismoilov, a lead specialist with the preschool

09:51, august 31, 2012

U.S. government increases access to safe drinking water in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, August 31, 2012, Asia-Plus – On Thursday August 30, U.S. Embassy Charge d’Affaires, a.i.

09:49, august 31, 2012

Fifteen persons stand trial in Dushanbe for membership in the banned Islamist organization

DUSHANBE, August 31, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Fifteen persons are standing trial for membership in the banned Islamist organization Jamaat Ansarullah.

17:11, august 30, 2012

Preliminary hearing over Turjaonzoda’s defamation lawsuit starts in Khujand

KHUJND, August 30, 2012, Asia-Plus -- A case pitting Hoji Akbar Turajonzoda, a prominent Tajik religious figure, against Hoji Hussein Mousozoda, the head of the Council of Ulamo in Sughd

15:48, august 30, 2012

Tajik envoy, US official discuss cooperation issues

DUSHANBE, August 30, 2012, Asia-Plus -- State and prospects of further expansion of bilateral cooperation between Tajikistan and the United States were the focus of a meeting of Mr.