Tajkistan

CCI official hopes Tajikistan Infrastructure 2008 will promote expansion of business relations

DUSHANBE, September 18, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The 3rd three-day International Exhibition, entitled Tajikistan Infrastructure 2008, opened in Dushanbe today.

14:32, september 18, 2008

Rockfall leaves two dead on the Anzob Pass

Two persons were killed and one other was wounded today early in the morning as rocks tumbled down and smashed into a car Toyota that fell into a 30-meter precipice.

14:03, september 18, 2008

CIS Executive Committee, IOM to sign MoU

DUSHANBE, September 18, Asia-Plus -- The CIS Executive Committee and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the

12:52, september 18, 2008

Tajik FM, European envoy for Central Asia discuss Tajikistan-EU cooperation issues

DUSHANBE, September 18, Asia-Plus -- Tajik Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi met with the European Union (EU) Special Representative to Central Asia Pierre More in Paris on September 17.

12:13, september 18, 2008

GBAO farmers have good grain and potato harvests this year

KHOROG, September 18, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Farmers in Gorno Badakhshan have had good grain and potato harvests this year.

12:04, september 18, 2008

Russia interested in participation in Roghun hydroelectricity project, Russian official says

DUSHANBE, September 18, 2008, Asia-Plus -- State and prospects of further expansion of bilateral cooperation between Tajikistan and Russia were the focus of a meeting of President Emomali

12:01, september 18, 2008

CIS drug control chiefs gather in Dushanbe to discuss cooperation issues 10:00

DUSHANBE, September 18, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Chiefs of drug control departments within the law enforcement agencies, special and customs services from member nations of the CIS have gathered in

11:45, september 18, 2008

International exhibition Tajikistan Infrastructure 2008 opens in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, September 18, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The 3rd three-day International Exhibition, entitled Tajikistan Infrastructure 2008, opened in Dushanbe today.

11:29, september 18, 2008

Zafarobod cotton farmers need voluntary helpers to harvest cotton

KHUJAND, September 18, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The cotton-growing farms in Sughd’s Zafarobod district will hardly manage to

11:15, september 18, 2008

Shortage of irrigation water affects cotton-harvesting campaign in Sughd

KHUJAND, September 18, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Farmers in the Sughd province have yielded only 14,466 tons of raw cotton by September 17, which is 8.

11:01, september 18, 2008

LAW-ORDER

Rapist sentenced to life imprisonment

KHUJAND, September 18, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A court in the Sughd province has sentenced a 33-year-old resident of Khujand to life imprisonment for having sexually assaulted a 5-year-old girl.

10:45, september 18, 2008

GosKomInvest asks WB to review indicators of Doing Business report

DUSHANBE, September 18, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The Government of Tajikistan will take all efforts to improve Tajikistan’s place in the global rankings, head of the State Committee for Investments

18:58, september 17, 2008

Hoji Akbar Turajonzoda speaks against renaming settlements

DUSHANBE, September 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The 16th session of the upper house (Majlisi Milli) of Tajik parliament (Majlisi Oli) that was held in Dushanbe on September 17 discussed the issue

18:39, september 17, 2008

LAW-ORDER

Two Uzbeks detained in northern Tajikistan for cattle stealing

DUSHANBE, September 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Two Uzbek nationals – a 46-year-old Sayfiddin Yoqubov and a 36-year-old Sharif Ghaybulloyev – were detained in the Panjakent district, Sughd

18:24, september 17, 2008

48 fires reported in Kulob this year

KULOB, September 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Over the first eight months of this year, 48 fires have been reported in Khatlon’s Kulob region, Fayzullo Atoyev, an officer with the Kulob firefighting

18:04, september 17, 2008

Oxfam conducted Round Table on Water Management

Tajikistan has been experiencing challenges in terms of formulating and amending existing laws and regulations related to water management issues since its independence (1991 AD).

17:49, september 17, 2008

President signs decree on an autumn conscription campaign

DUSHANBE, September 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- On Tuesday September 16, President Emomali Rahmon signed a decree on drafting young Tajiks into the country’s armed forces from October through

17:18, september 17, 2008

Kulob farmers plant rice, maize and beans on freed areas

KULOB, September 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- By September 17, farmers in Khatlon’s Kulob region have planted rice, grains, potatoes, maize and beans on the freed 16,003 hectares of areas, which is

15:33, september 17, 2008

PDPT leaders to carry out within-the-Party reform

DUSHANBE, September 17, 2008, Asia-Plus - The Tajik ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDPT) intends to carry out within-the-Party reform, Davlatali Davlatzoda, first deputy leader of the

14:53, september 17, 2008

Central Asia's economic growth to slowdown, says ADB

DUSHANBE, September 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Asian Development Bank (ADB) said in its new major report that economic growth in Central Asia is slowing.

14:21, september 17, 2008

IFC helps household dairy farms in Tajikistan improve their record keeping methodology

DUSHANBE, September 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, through the SIDA-funded Southern Tajikistan Agribusiness Supply Chains Development Project last week

14:17, september 17, 2008

Tajikistan introduces fixed financial payments and penalties

DUSHANBE, September 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan has introduced fixed financial payments and penalties.

13:35, september 17, 2008

Sughd authorities take efforts to glaze local schools and kindergartens

KHUJAND, September 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Local authorities in the northern Sughd province are taking efforts to prepare

12:26, september 17, 2008

1,168 traffic accidents reported in Tajikistan this year

DUSHANBE, September 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- 1,168 traffic accidents have been reported in Tajikistan since the beginning of this year, which 25 cases fewer than in the same period of last

12:00, september 17, 2008

ADB, IsDB sign landmark $4 billion cofinancing agreement

DUSHANBE, September 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) signed today a landmark cofinancing agreement, which will allow them to

11:45, september 17, 2008

Iranian envoy, Tajik CCI head discuss cooperation issues

DUSHANBE, September 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- On Monday September 15, Sharif Said, Chairman of Tajikistan’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI), met with the Iranian Ambassador to Tajikistan,

11:29, september 17, 2008

Tajikistan ranked 57th in the world in infant mortality: UNICEF report

DUSHANBE, September 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan tops Central Asia’s states and stands in the second place among the CIS in terms of infant mortality, Washington Profile reports,

11:15, september 17, 2008

118 killed in Sughd traffic accidents in Jan-Aug 08

KHUJAND, September 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Over the first eight months of this year, 301 traffic accidents have been registered in the northern Sughd province, which is only four cases more

11:02, september 17, 2008

Session of upper house of Tajik parliament opens today

DUSHANBE, September 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The 16th session of the upper house (Majlisi Milli) of the Tajik parliament (Majlisi Oli) opened in Dushanbe today to consider laws adopted by the

10:48, september 17, 2008