Tajkistan

Third CICA ministerial meeting held in Almaty on Monday

DUSHANBE, August 26, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A CICA (Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia) foreign ministers’ session was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan on August 25.

20:39, august 25, 2008

Iran-Tajikistan trade boosting, says Iranian diplomat

DUSHANBE, August 25, 2008, Asia-Plus – Iranian official in charge of trade affairs at Iranian Embassy in Tajikistan said on Saturday that trade between Iran and Tajikistan have undergone

19:38, august 25, 2008

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Rahmon sends condolences to Kyrgyz president over Sunday’s air crash

DUSHANBE, August 26, 2008, Asia-Plus -- On Monday August 25, President Emomali Rahmon sent a telegram of condolences to his Kyrgyz counterpart, President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, over a Sunday’s

19:15, august 25, 2008

USTDA grant supports coal mining and power plant project in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, August 25, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Addressing critical power shortages and promoting energy security in Tajikistan is the goal of a USTDA grant awarded to the Ministry of Energy and

19:08, august 25, 2008

Three suicide cases reported in Sughd Sunday alone

KHUJAND, August 25, Asia-Plus -- Three suicide cases were reported in the northern Sughd province on August 24 alone.

18:40, august 25, 2008

Isfara resident faces theft charge

KHUJAND, August 25, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A prosecutor’s office in Sughd’s Isfara district has instituted criminal proceedings against local resident, a 37-year-old Komiljon Abdulazizov, who was

18:19, august 25, 2008

SDPT leader to have legal proceedings with officials

DUSHANBE, August 25, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The leader of the Social-Demcoratic Party (SDPT), Rahamtillo Zoirov, intends to have legal rpoceedings with officls of President’s Executive Office.

16:42, august 25, 2008

Government not ready for constructive dialogue, says SDPT leader

DUSHANBE, August 25, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The gvoernment and local authorities in the prvoinces are not ready for consturctive dialogue, Rahmatillo Zoirov, leader of the Social-Democraitc Party

16:06, august 25, 2008

Not all young teachers assigned to work with schools in Konibodom report for work

KONIBODOM, August 25, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Not all young specialists, assigned to work with schools in Konibodom, have reported for work, the Konibodom education department head Nazirjon

15:43, august 25, 2008

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Tajik president, Chinese banker discuss cooperation issues

DUSHANBE, August 25, 2008, Asia-Plus -- State and prospects of further expansion of bilateral economic cooperation between Tajikistan and China will be discussed at a meeting of President

15:12, august 25, 2008

Kulob farmers yield the first 1,000 tons of cotton

KULOB, August 25, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Farmers in Khatlon’s Kulob region have yielded more than 1,000 tons of cotton by August 25, Abdullo Rajabov, a lead specialist with the Kulob agriculture

14:24, august 25, 2008

30 rural health centers to be introduced into operation before the end of the year

KHOROG, August 25, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Construction of rural health centers is progressing in all districts of Gorno Badakhshan.

14:13, august 25, 2008

Farms in Kulob region in no hurry to send yielded cotton ginneries

KULOB, August 25, 2008, Asia-Plus -- 242 farming units in the districts of Kulob, Vose, Farkhor and Hamadoni are in no hurry to send the yielded cotton to the ginneries, Asia-Plus has learned

13:53, august 25, 2008

Two Tajik libraries got access to electronic catalogue of research theses in Russian State Library

DUSHANBE, August 25, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Within the framework of the Virtual Reading Halls of Library of Theses at the CIS National Libraries project, Tajikistan’s National Public Firdavsi

13:01, august 25, 2008

CIS experts to discuss agendas of upcoming sessions of CIS authorized bodies

DUSHANBE, August 25, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Permanent representatives of the CIS states are meeting in Minsk, Belarus tomorrow to discuss agendas of the upcoming sessions of the CIS authorized

12:22, august 25, 2008

Roaring demand for fares for air route Khujand-Dushanbe reported in northern Tajikistan

KHUJAND, August 25, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A roaring demand for fares for the flight Khujand-Dushanbe has been reported in northern Tajikistan.

11:56, august 25, 2008

Customs officer detained on suspicion of having taken bribe

DUSHANBE, August 25, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Shohin Najmiddinzoda, an officers with the Sughd customs directorate, has been detained don suspicion of having been involved in bribery, according to

11:34, august 25, 2008

International conference on climate change problems held in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, August 25, 2008, Asia-Plus -- An international conference, formally titled “Climate Change and Landscape Evolution in the Central Asian Mountains and the Surrounding Basins: Past,

10:17, august 25, 2008

Two police officers convicted of corruption

QURGHON TEPPA, August 25, Asia-Plus -- Two officers from the police department in Khatlon’s Khuroson district have got jail terms for corruption.

16:26, august 23, 2008

Russia says military pullout from Georgia complete

Russia's defense minister said on Friday the military had completed the withdrawal of troops from Georgia as stipulated in a peace deal brokered by the French president last week.

14:10, august 23, 2008

Russia’s OJSC PAVA to export flour to Sughd

DUSHANBE, August 23, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Russia’s open-joint-stock company PAVA will export grade 1 wheat flour to the Sughd province. Ms.

10:50, august 23, 2008

Tajik farmers to stockpile 638,000 tons of forages this year

DUSHANBE, August 23, 2008, Asia-Plus -- All categories of farms in Tajikistan are expected to stockpile some 638,000 tons of forages this year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA).

10:30, august 23, 2008

One injured in cafe gas blast in Khujand

KHUAJND, August 23, 2008, Asia-Plus - One person has been seriously injured in a café gas blast in Khujand, Sughd province.

19:27, august 22, 2008

Orienbonk introduces new money transfer system -- MoneyGram

DUSHANBE, August 22, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Open joint-stock company (OJSC) Orienbonk, Tajikistan’s largest commercial bank, has introduced a new money transfer system – MoneyGram.

18:42, august 22, 2008

Two employees of inspection agencies in Sughd face bribery charges

DUSHANBE, August 22, 2008, Asia-Plus - Two employees of inspection agencies in the Sughd province have been arrested on suspicion of having extorted money from managers of the inspected

18:15, august 22, 2008

16 renovated educational facilities schools to open their doors to pupils in new school year

DUSHANBE, August 22, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Sixteen renovated schools in Dushanbe’s Shohmansour district, the city of Roghun as well as Vahdat, Nourobod, Vahdat, and Fayzobod districts will open

18:00, august 22, 2008

Women’s NGOs in northern Tajikistan trained in efficiently cooperating with media

KHUAJND, August 22, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A three-day training for local public associations dealing with problems of rights of women and children was launched in Khujand, the capital of the

17:38, august 22, 2008

Body of another victim of August 5 traffic accidents found

KHUJAND, August 22, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Body of another victim of August 5 traffic accidents has been found in Sughd’s Ayni district.

17:21, august 22, 2008

Two killed in rockfall in northern Tajikistan

KHUJAND, August 22, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Two residents of Sughd’s Ayni district were killed Tuesday early in the morning as a car UAZ-469 (Russian jeep) fell into a 300-meter precipice

15:54, august 22, 2008