Tajkistan

19:45, december 30, 2008

LAW-ORDER

Consignment of contraband pyrotechnics seized in northern Tajikistan

KHUJAND, December 30, 2008, Asia-Plus -- On Tuesday December 29, officers from the Sughd customs service detained a Kyrgyz national who was trying to smuggle consignment of pyrotechnics into

19:00, december 30, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Trial issue of newspaper Journalist brought out in Khorog

KHOROG, December 30, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A trial issue of the newspaper Journalist prepared by students from Khorog State University has been brought out in Khorog, Gorno Badakhshan.

16:38, december 30, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Gas successfully tested from the Khoja Sartez well at estimated rates up to 80,000 m³/d

DUSHANBE, December 30, 2008, Asia-Plus -- In Tajikistan, work of Tethys Petroleum Limited (Tethys) has been focused on meeting Tajikistan''s short term needs for gas whilst carrying out

16:22, december 30, 2008

TAJKISTAN

2009 state budget earmarks more than $330 mln for education sector

DUSHANBE, December 30, Asia-Plus -- The government has endorsed the overall volume of state budget for 2009.

15:56, december 30, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Exhibition entitled ‘Economic Development o Afghanistan’ to be held in Dushanbe in 2009

DUSHANBE, December 30, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Issues related to further expansion of trade and economic cooperation between Tajikistan and Afghanistan were the major topic of a meeting of the

15:34, december 30, 2008

TAJKISTAN

IRPT condemns Israel’s air strikes on Gaza Strip

DUSHANBE, December 30, Asia-Plus -- The board of the Islamic Revival Party (IRPT) met in Dushanbe yesterday to discuss the present situation in Gaza Strip in Palestine following Israel’s air

14:55, december 30, 2008

TAJKISTAN

New head of NBT’s branch in Kulob appointed

KULOB, December 30, 2008, Asia-Plus -- On December 29, Abdukarim Nematov, formerly head of Tojiksodirotbonk’s (TSB) branch in Kulob, was appointed to head the branch of the National Bank of

14:47, december 30, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Amonatbonk’s branch in Farkhor awarded car for the best results on cotton loans

KULOB, December 30, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The branch of Amonatbonk (Tajikistan’s savings bank) in Khatlon’s Farkhor district has been awarded a car Niva-Chevrolet for the best results on return

14:24, december 30, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajik government issues new public premium bonds

DUSHANBE, December 30, Asia-Plus -- By government’s resolution adopted at a December 29 meeting new public premium bonds are issued in Tajikistan starting from March 1, 2009.

14:01, december 30, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Government approves national program for deep processing of livestock raw materials

DUSHANBE, December 30, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A December 29 government meeting approved the national program for deep processing of livestock raw materials (wools and skins), according to

13:02, december 30, 2008

POWER

Government endorses plan of actions for the coming three years

Under the plan of actions for the coming three years, construction and rehabilitation of many facilities of nationwide significance will be finished in 2011.

11:59, december 30, 2008

TAJKISTAN

TJU announces journalism competition “the Golden Pen”

DUSHANBE, December 30, 2008, Asia-Plus -- On occasion of its 50th anniversary, the Tajik Journalists’ Union (TJU) has announced the competition “The Golden Pen” among journalists from print

11:45, december 30, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Private diagnostic center opens in Sughd

DUSHANBE, December 30, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A private diagnostic center, Kanzi Shifo, has been launched in the northern city of Chkalovsk.

11:30, december 30, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Counternarcotics center provides humanitarian aid to elderly center in Tursunzoda

DUSHANBE, December 30, 2008, Asia-Plus -- On Monday December 29, the Drug Control Agency (DCA) provided 1,000 somoni worth of food products to the center for disabled and elderly people,

11:16, december 30, 2008

TAJKISTAN

New deputies appointed for heads of Tajik national TV channel Safina and NIT Khovar appointed

DUSHANBE, December 30, 2008, Asia-Plus -- By government’s resolution Abdurashid Khujamqulov, formerly director of Tajik national radio, was appointed as the first deputy head of the Tajik

19:34, december 29, 2008

INCIDENTS

Operation for search for Shahriston avalanche victim going on

KHUJAND, December 29, Asia-Plus -- Officers from the Sughd emergency management agency are continuing the operation for search for the Shahriston avalanche victim.

19:15, december 29, 2008

POWER

Capital mayor dissatisfied with process of implementation of the law on observing national traditions

DUSHANBE, December 29, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Dushanbe Mayor Mahmadsaid Ubaidulloyev is dissatisfied with the process of implementation of the Law on Observing National Traditions and Rituals in

18:34, december 29, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Another seven Tajik medical facilities granted world certificate

DUSHANBE, December 29, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Another seven medical facilities in Tajikistan have been granted the world certificate, The Hospital of Benevolent Attitude towards Child, according

15:12, december 29, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajik, Russian poultry breeders intend to expand cooperation

DUSHANBE, December 29, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The poultry-breeding company Sverdlovskiy in Russia’s Sverdloskaya region intends to expand cooperation with its Tajik counterparts, Aleksey Podolyako,

14:50, december 29, 2008

INCIDENTS

Panj resident kills three children of his neighbor, himself

QURGHON TEPPA, December 29, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Resident of Khatlon’s Panj district has killed three children of his neighbor and then himself.

14:32, december 29, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajik envoy, Afghan vice-president discuss construction of railway linking Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Iran

On December 28, Tajik Ambassador to Afghanistan Sharofiddin Imomov met with Afghan Vice-President Mohammad Karim Khalili, according to the MFA information department.

13:42, december 29, 2008

TAJKISTAN

According to official data, Sughd has 3,900 job vacancies

KHUJNAD, December 29, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The Sughd province now has 3,900 job vacancies, the head of the main directorate within the Sughd agency for employment, migration and social

12:56, december 29, 2008

TAJKISTAN

48 firearms confiscated from people in Kulob

KULOB, December 29, 2008, Asia-Plus -- In 2008, the law enforcement authorities have confiscated 18 sub-machine-guns Kalashnikov from the population in the Khatlon’s Kulob district, Sharif

12:45, december 29, 2008

INCIDENTS

Mild tremor jolts Tajikistan today morning

DUSHANBE, December 29, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A mild quake measuring 3.—4.0 on a 12-point scale jolted Dushanbe today morning, at around 8:38 a.m., according to the Dushanbe seismological station.

12:14, december 29, 2008

TAJKISTAN

World cotton price falls will not lead to reduction of cotton areas in Tajikistan, says expert

DUSHANBE, December 29, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The world financial crisis has already affected the cotton sector in Tajikistan, having led to a 40-percent decrease in cotton fiber prices at the

11:44, december 29, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan, Korea intend to boost bilateral cooperation

DUSHANBE, December 29, 2008, Asia-Plus -- On Friday December 26, the head of Tajikistan’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) Sharif Said met with Korean Ambassador to Tajikistan Kim Hing

11:30, december 29, 2008

TAJKISTAN

CCI official, ADB expert discuss regional transport corridor development issues

DUSHANBE, December 29, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Issues related to development of transport corridor that would link Tajikistan to neighboring countries, including China, were a major topic of a

11:16, december 29, 2008

TAJKISTAN

TJU, Nansmit concerned over escalation of conflict between Russian embassy and some Tajik media

DUSHANBE, December 29, 2008, Asia-Plus - A joint statement released by the Tajik Journalists’ Union (TJU) and the National Association of Independent Media of Tajikistan (Nansmit) on December

20:19, december 27, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajik medical authorities concerned over increasing rabies cases

DUSHANBE, December 27, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Tajik medical authorities are concern over increasing rabies cases in the country.

19:46, december 27, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Afghanistan extradites dangerous criminal to Tajikistan

The 41-year-old resident of the Tajik northern city of Isfara Anvarjon Qayumov has been detained in Afghanistan on suspicion of having committed a number of grave crimes in Tajikistan.