Tajkistan

19:53, december 19, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Student of one Dushanbe universities detained for drug pushing

DUSHANBE, December 19, 2008, Asia-Plus - A student of one of Dushanbe universities has been detained for drug pushing, according to the Drug Control Agency (DCA).

19:30, december 19, 2008

TAJKISTAN

President offers to develop the 180 days of reforms program

DUSHANBE, December 19, 2008, Asia-Plus -- President Emomali Rahmon has offered to develop the 180 Days of Reforms program to support further development of private sector in the country and

19:01, december 19, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tethys provides Dushanbe with local natural gas this winter at the rate of up to 100,000 m³ per day

DUSHANBE, December 19, 2008, Asia-Plus -- On Thursday December 18, President Emomali Rahmon received Dr David Robson, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Canada’s Tethys

17:18, december 19, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Appearance of Tajik Salafis resembles first steps of Afghan Taliban, says Turajonzoda

DUSHANBE, December 19, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Appearance of Tajik Salfis resembles first steps of Afghan Taliban, known Tajik cleric and politician Hoji Akbar Turajonzoda remarked at a scientific

16:34, december 19, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Global financial crisis effects reach Tajikistan

However, Tajik central bank, despite speculations by many experts, does not attribute sharp increase in the USD exchange rate in the country to the global financial crisis.

15:27, december 19, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Another 66 computers distributed to schools in Kulob

KULOB, December 19, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Another 66 computers and 11 printers have been distributed to schools in the city and the district of Kulob, the Kulob education department head

15:14, december 19, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Japan continues training personnel for Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, December 19, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Deputy Finance Minister Jamoliddin Nouraliyev met with Mr.

14:47, december 19, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Agroinvestbonk’s branch in Kulob offers its customers deposit with annual rate of 25% for 2009

KULOB, December 19, 2008, Asia-Plus -- the branch of open joint-stock company Agroinvestbonk, which is one of Tajikistan’s commercial banks, in Kulob has announced a festive action on

14:11, december 19, 2008

TAJKISTAN

GBAO agriculture directorate sums up 2008 harvest’s results

KHOROG, December 19, 2008, Asia-Plus -- This year, farmers in Gorno Badakhshan have produced some 12,000 tons grains (850 tons more than in 2007), 29,000 tons of potatoes (2,600 tons more),

13:50, december 19, 2008

TAJKISTAN

TAFF-Agroinvestbonk subproject expands it operations in Kulob

KULOB, December 19, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The Tajik Agricultural Finance Facility (TAFF) project, sponsored by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Agroinvestbonk,

13:08, december 19, 2008

TAJKISTAN

President Rahmon departs for Kazakhstan to attend informal CIS summit

DUSHANBE, December 19, 2008, Asia-Plus -- President Emomali Rahmon is departing for Kazakhstan today to attend an informal meeting of a number of CIS heads of state that will be held at the

12:31, december 19, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajik, Belarus to boost economic cooperation

DUSHANBE, December 19, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The sixth session of the Tajik-Belarus intergovernmental commission for trade and economic cooperation concluded in Dushanbe yesterday afternoon.

11:45, december 19, 2008

LAW-ORDER

Sughd customers report large pyrotechnics haul

KHUJAND, December 19, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Sughd customs officers have seized nearly 37,000 pyrotechnics at the Khujand customs checkpoint, Terminal, a source at the Sughd regional customs

11:30, december 19, 2008

POWER

Majlisi Milli confirms amendment prohibiting deportation of HIV/AIDS suffers

DUSHANBE, December 19, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Members of the Majlisi Milli (Tajikistan’s upper chamber of parliament) have confirmed amendment to the AIDS law prohibiting deportation of foreign

11:20, december 19, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan signs double taxation avoidance agreement with India

DUSHANBE, December 19, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan has signed a double taxation avoidance agreement with India.

20:00, december 18, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajik delegation visits Geneva to get acquainted with human rights protection issues

DUSHANBE, December 18, 2008, Asia-Plus -- On December 11-17, a group of Tajik journalists, students and representatives of NGOs dealing with human rights protection issues visited Geneva.

19:09, december 18, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Ministry of economy works out program for mitigation of global financial crisis effects

DUSHANBE, December 18, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The Ministry of Economic Development ad Trade (MoEDT) is working out the program for mitigation of effects of the global financial crisis.

18:50, december 18, 2008

TAJKISTAN

CIS central bank officials meet in February 2009 to discuss information security issues

DUSHANBE, December 18, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The first inter-bank conference to discuss banking information security issues is expected to take place in Ufa, Russia’s Boshkortostan republic from

17:04, december 18, 2008

POWER

Tajikistan criminalizes delivery of counterfeit medicines

DUSHANBE, December 18, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Members of the Majlisi Milli (Tajikistan’s upper chamber of parliament) have confirmed amendments to the country’s Penal Code that criminalize

16:40, december 18, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Father of killed migrant demands justice

QURGHON TEPPA, December 18, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Russian authorities should toughen measures against ultra-nationalist organizations acting in Russia, Muhabbatsho Aziz, farther of the

15:49, december 18, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Migration should be by choice, not by necessity: ILO

In his message on occasion of International Migrants Day, Director-General of the International Labor Office, Mr.

15:12, december 18, 2008

TAJKISTAN

IRPT strongly condemns brutal killing of Tajik migrant in Russia

DUSHANBE, December 18, 2008, Asia-Plus - Leader of the Islamic Revival Party (IRPT) Muhiddin Kabiri has strongly condemned the recent brutal killing of the Tajik national Salohiddin Azizov by

14:48, december 18, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Migration should become one of priorities of government’s policy, IRPT leader says

DUSHANBE, December 18, 2008, Asia-Plus -- External migration should become one of priorities of the government’s policy, Muhiddin Kabiri, the leader of the Islamic Revival Party (IRPT),

14:05, december 18, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Test activation of Unit 3 at Pamir-1 HPP carried out in Gorno Badakhshan

KHOROG, December 18, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A test activation of Unit 3 at the hydroelectric power plant (HPP) Pamir-1 that is located in the Shugnan district of Gorno Badakhshan was carried out

13:35, december 18, 2008

TAJKISTAN

The number of Tajik students studying in China expected to double next year

DUSHANBE, December 19, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan is developing scientific and cultural ties with China.

12:40, december 18, 2008

LAW-ORDER

Qairoqqum jobless faces charge of land allotment fraud

KHUJAND, December 18, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The Khujand prosecutor’s office has instituted criminal proceedings against 44 year-old unemployed resident of the northern city of Qairoqqum Farhod

11:59, december 18, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Hepatitis B immunization campaign amongst students at medical colleges launched in Sughd

DUSHANBE, December 18, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The Sughd branch of the Republican Imunoprophylactic Center has launched a hepatitis B immunization campaign amongst students at medical colleges.

11:45, december 18, 2008

TAJKISTAN

The OSCE Office in Tajikistan conducts course on investigating human trafficking crimes

DUSHANBE, December 18, 2008, Asia-Plus - The rights of trafficked persons and effective investigation and prosecution of human trafficking cases were the focus of a five-day training OSCE

11:30, december 18, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajik heath ministry, Iranian pharmaceutical company discuss medicine supplies to Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, December 18, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Tajik Ministry of Health (MoH) and Tehran-based Iranian pharmaceutical company, Arvin Arman, have signed an agreement on cooperation and supply of

11:15, december 18, 2008

TAJKISTAN

PM receives Belarus economic delegation

DUSHANBE, December 18, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Prime Minister Oqil Oqilov is receiving today a Belarus economic delegation, led by Deputy Foreign Minister, Igor Petrishchenko, that arrived in