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14:36, january 17, 2012

210,000 ha allocated to cotton cultivation this year

DUSHANBE, January 17, 2012, Asia-Plus -- 210,000 hectares have been allocated to cotton cultivation this year, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Sijouddin Isroilov, announced at a news

13:34, january 17, 2012

Labor ministry raises portfolio of preferential loans for unemployed people by 30%

DUSHANBE, January 17, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection has raised the portfolio of preferential loans for unemployed people for this year by 30 percent – from 11

13:05, january 17, 2012

Sangtudinskaya GES-1 plans to recover debts from Barqi Tojik judicially

Open joint-stock company (OJSC) Sangtudinskaya GES-1, which operates the Sangtuda-1 hydroelectricity power plant (HPP), plans to recover debts from Barqi Tojik power holding judicially.

11:06, january 17, 2012

Another drug peddler detained in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, January 17, 2012, Asia-Plus -- A joint operation by officers from the Interior Ministry transportation police department and the State Committee for National Security (SCNS) has led

10:32, january 17, 2012

Over 2.3 bln somoni transferred by customs service into national budget in 2011

DUSHANBE, January 17, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Nemat Rahmatov, the first deputy head of the Customs Service under the Government of Tajikistan, told a news conference in Dushanbe on January 16 that the

10:19, january 17, 2012

Tajikistan builds national processing center

DUSHANBE, January 17, 2012 Asia-Plus – The National Processing Center was officially presented in Dushanbe on January 16.

09:39, january 17, 2012

Trial of two in traffic police officer’s death begins in court in Dushanbe

A court in Dushanbe’s Firdavsi district has begun to consider criminal proceedings instituted against two persons charged with beating traffic police officer Ravshan Sharipov to death.

17:05, january 16, 2012

Three senior drug police officers detained on suspicion of being involved in drug trafficking

DUSHANBE, January 16, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Three senior drug police officers have been detained on suspicion of being involved in drug trafficking and sheltering organized drug-trafficking

16:39, january 16, 2012

Customs checkpoints on Tajik-Uzbek border still closed

DUSHANBE, January 16, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Eleven of twelve customs checkpoints on the Tajik-Uzbek border in the northern Sughd province are still closed for vehicles, Nemat Rahmatov, the first

16:37, january 16, 2012

Some 7.67 bln somoni worth of industrial goods produced in Tajikistan in 2011

DUSHANBE, January 16, 2012, Asia-Plus -- In 2011, Tajikistan produced a total of some 7.6 billion somoni (equivalent to some 1.6 billion U.S.

16:35, january 16, 2012

Over $86.3 mln worth of humanitarian aid delivered to Tajikistan in 2011

DUSHANBE, January 17, 2012, Asia-Plus -- 41 countries of the world provided more than US$86.

15:07, january 16, 2012

Tajikistan’s external trade turnover estimated at more than $4.4 bln in 2011

DUSHANBE, January 16, 2012, Asia-Plus -- In 2011, the external trade turnover of Tajikistan, including electrical power and natural gas, amounted to 4.4433 billion U.S. dollars, which was 115.

14:47, january 16, 2012

Afghan opium prices soar as production rises

DUSHANBE, January 16, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The full Afghan Opium Survey for 2011 points to a dramatic increase of 133 per cent in the farm-gate value of opium compared with 2010 (the summary findings

14:22, january 16, 2012

Tajikistan’s GDP for last year estimated at more than 30 bln somoni

DUSHANBE, January 16, 2012, Asia-Plus -- In 2011, Tajikistan’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 7.4 percent, reaching more than 30 billion somoni (equivalent to more than 6.3 billion U.S.

14:01, january 16, 2012

Rahmon shuffles police officials

Abdurahmon Buzmakov, formerly chief of Khatlon police directorate, has been appointed to head the Dushanbe police directorate.

13:41, january 16, 2012

Producer of counterfeit vanity license plates detained in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, January 16, 2012, Asia-Plus -- A special operation by police officers has led to the arrest of producer of counterfeit so-called “golden” license plates.

13:23, january 16, 2012

PDP representative in parliament to be replaced

DUSHANBE, January 16, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Powers of deputy of the Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament) Hayot Odinayev, who represented the ruling People’s Democratic

12:57, january 16, 2012

Interior minister’s brother appointed deputy head of Sughd customs directorate

Interior minister’s brother Rahmonqul Rahimov, who relieved of his post of chief of the organized crime control department in Sughd province, was appointed deputy head of the Sughd customs

11:22, january 16, 2012

Attack on Atovulloyev may have been politically motivated, says Tajikinfo editor

The head of the Tajinfo media holding, Muhammad Egamzod, has expressed his view on an attack on Dodojon Atovulloyev.

10:39, january 16, 2012

Imam-khatib detained in Dushanbe for teaching without license

DUSHANBE, January 16, 2012 Asia-Plus -- A 42-year-old imam-khatib has been detained in Dushanbe for teaching without a license, an official source at the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said.

10:21, january 16, 2012

Tajikistan establishes diplomatic relations with Burkina Faso, Jordan

DUSHANBE, January 16, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan has signed joint communiqués on establishment of diplomatic relations with Burkina Faso and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

10:08, january 16, 2012

Five Tajiks killed in Tver traffic accident

DUSHANBE, January 16, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Five Tajik nationals were killed on January 14 as their car collided with a bus in Tver oblast, Russia.

10:07, january 16, 2012

44 kilos of heroin seized in one operation in Dushanbe last week

DUSHANBE, January 16, 2012, Asia-Plus -- An operation carried out by officers from the Drug Control Agency (DCA) in Dushanbe at the end of last week led to the arrest of a drug trafficker

09:42, january 16, 2012

PamirEnergy seeks funds to pay subsidies to residential customers

KHOROG, January 16, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The Pamir Energy Company is currently seeking solution to the problem of paying electricity subsidies to residential customers, the PamirEnergy Director

18:53, january 14, 2012

Sughd chief prosecutor replaced

DUSHANBE, January 14, 2012, Asia-Plus – By prosecutor-general’s order Firdavs Urunov, formerly first deputy Sughd prosecutor, was named to be acting Sughd prosecutor, replacing Yusuf Ahmadov.

18:40, january 14, 2012

Person arrested on suspicion of attacking Dodojon Atovulloyev released

DUSHANBE, January 14, 2012, Asia-Plus – The Moscow police directorate press center reports Tajik national who was arrested on suspicion of having inflicting stab wounds on Tajik opposition

18:12, january 14, 2012

“Golden” number plates 8888 to be replaced by ordinary number plates

DUSHANBE, January 14, 2012, Asia-Plus – The so-called “golden” number plates 8888 and 7777 belonging to immediate relatives of the first persons of the country will not appear on the roads any

16:31, january 14, 2012

Drug peddler detained with consignment of ecstasy tablets on Thursday

DUSHANBE, January 14, 2012, Asia-Plus -- A drug peddler has been arrested with a consignment of ecstasy tablets in Dushanbe.

16:12, january 14, 2012

Number of cases of suicide increasing in Khatlon

QURGHON TEPPA, January 14, 2012, Asia-Plus -- 122 suicides and 51 suicide attempts were reported in the southern province of Khatlon in 2011, Varqa Zayniddinov, an aide to the Khatlon chief

15:54, january 14, 2012

Overall space of some 830,000 sq m in residential buildings made available in 2011

DUSHANBE, January 14, 2012, Asia-Plus -- An overall space of some 830,000 square meters in residential buildings was made available during 2011, the Agency for Construction and Architecture