Tajkistan

13:36, august 18, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Power holding head meets Tajik students entering in Ukraine

DUSHANBE, August 18, 2008, Asia-Plus -- On Sunday August 17, Sharifkhon Samiyev, head of Barqi Tojik (Tajik electric systems) power holding, held a meeting with ten Tajik students who entered

12:44, august 18, 2008

INCIDENTS

Five killed, 22 injured in traffic accidents in Tajikistan on Sunday

DUSHANBE, August 18, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Two were and at least five others were injured in a traffic accident in Dushanbe yesterday evening.

12:27, august 18, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Iranian journalists visit site for construction of Sangtuda-2 HPP

DUSHANBE, August 18, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A group of Iranian journalists, numbering 25 persons, arrived in Tajikistan on Saturday August 16 for a three-day visit.

11:45, august 18, 2008

TAJKISTAN

CIS defense minister to meet in Yerevan to discuss cooperation issues

DUSHANBE, August 18, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Tajik Defense Minister, Colonel-General Sherali Khairulloyev, will attend a regular session of the council of the CIS defense ministers that will be

11:19, august 18, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Kulob Communists raise social problems with local authorities

KULOB, August 18, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Kulob Communists have brought social problems to local authorities’ attention though their representatives in the Kulob city legislature (Majlis).

11:04, august 18, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Rail imports exceed rail exports 34 times in Kulob

KULOB, August 18, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Over the first seven months of this year, rail shipments from Kulob have amounted to little more than 1,000 tons, while rail imports into Kulob over the same

10:43, august 18, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Construction of two schools officially commences last Friday

DUSHANBE, August 18, Asia-Plus -- Two new schools to accommodate 300 pupils each will appear in Dushanbe’s Sino district and the Roudaki district, some 17 kilometers to the south of Dushanbe.

10:30, august 18, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Yovon chemical plant official faces precursor trafficking charges

DUSHANBE, August 19, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Alleged precursor trafficker has been detained in Dushanbe.

10:15, august 18, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Shahritus farmers to yield 13,500 tons of cotton this year

QURGHON TEPPA, August 18, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Farmers from Khatlon’s Shahritus district have yielded 1,000 tons of cotton so far.

19:29, august 16, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Russia’s state-run agricultural bank to open it office in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, August 16, Asia-Plus -- Open joint-stock company (OJSC) Rosselkhozbank (Russia’s state-controlled agricultural bank) intends to open its representative office in Tajikistan, PRIME-TASS

18:45, august 16, 2008

TAJKISTAN

A number of medical facilities opened in Khujand

KHUJAND, August 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A new building for the regional endocrinology center has been opened in Khujand on occasion of a Medical Worker’s Day, which is marked in Tajikistan on

11:10, august 16, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Failed state index ranks Tajikistan 37th among 177 countries

DUSHANBE, August 16, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan is among the 60 most vulnerable states listed in the world’s “Failed State Index,” which is a select list of places with serious governance

10:30, august 16, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Armenia’s auditing company to examine Tajik bank’s activity

DUSHANBE, August 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Armenia’s consulting and auditing company Grant Thornton is examining work of the Tajik incorporated industrial bank for reconstruction and

19:26, august 15, 2008

POWER

Rahmon congratulates his Indian counterpart on India’s Independence Day

DUSHANBE, August 15, Asia-Plus -- President Emomali Rahmon today sent a telegram of congratulations to his Indian counterpart, Mrs.

17:41, august 15, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Two servicemen may stand trial for divulgence of state secret

KHUJAND, August 15, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The Sughd military prosecutor’s office has completed investigation into case of two private soldiers of one of border units, deployed in northern Tajikistan,

16:10, august 15, 2008

INCIDENTS

Search for August 5 traffic accident victims stopped

KHUJAND, August 15, Asia-Plus -- Sughd rescue service has stopped an operation to search for victims of three traffic accidents that took place in the Ayni district on August 5, Khudoiberdi

15:14, august 15, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Khujand-based JV’s jeans exports increase

KHUAJND, August 15, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Jeans exports of the Khujand-based closed joint-stock company (CJSC) SATN have increased by 10 percent this year, the SATN director general Ilhom

14:38, august 15, 2008

TAJKISTAN

MoI migration services launches raids to expose illegal immigrants

DUSHANBE, August 15, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Migration service within the Ministry of Interior (MoI) has launched special raids in the country ahead of a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation (SCO) to

14:15, august 15, 2008

TAJKISTAN

ADB appoints Zhao Xiaoyu as vice-president

DUSHANBE, August 15, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), acting on the recommendation of President Haruhiko Kuroda, approved the appointment of Zhao

14:03, august 15, 2008

LAW-ORDER

Eight members of transnational drug-trafficking group get long jail terms

Eight members of the transnational drug-trafficking group, including four Tajik border guards, have been sentenced to long terms in prison.

12:39, august 15, 2008

TAJKISTAN

High school student detained for drug pushing

DUSHANBE, August 15, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The 10th grade student from Kulob Jumakhon Habibulloyev was detained near the Dushanbe railway station yesterday on suspicion of having been involved

12:25, august 15, 2008

POWER

Investment in private sector for development of Tajikistan’s hydropower potential priority area for IFC

DUSHANBE, August 15, 2008, Asia-Plus -- State and prospects of further expansion of cooperation between Tajikistan and International Finance Corporation (IFC) were the focus of a meeting of

11:43, august 15, 2008

POWER

Rahmon congratulates President Pervez Musharraf on Pakistan’s Independence Day

DUSHANBE, August 15, 2008, Asia-Plus -- President Emomali Rahmon yesterday sent a telegram of congratulations to his Pakistan counterpart, President Pervez Musharraf, on occasion of

11:08, august 15, 2008

TAJKISTAN

MoE to conduct census of educational facilities

DUSHANBE, August 15, 2008, Asia-Plus -- To find out about the actual situation in educational facilities, the Ministry of Education (MoE) has set up a working group to conduct census of educational

10:44, august 15, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Grain productions decrease in Sughd

KHUAJND, August 15, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Over the first seven months of this year, all categories of farms in the northern Sughd province have produced 66,392 tons of grains, which is only 75.

19:17, august 14, 2008

TAJKISTAN

More than 700 reporters to cover work of SCO summit in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, August 14, 2008, Asia-Plus -- More than 700 local and foreign reporters are expected to cover work of a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) that will be held in

19:05, august 14, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Polish company intends to construct two multistory residential buildings in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, August 14, 2008, Asia-Plus -- On Tuesday August 12, Head of Tajikistan’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI), Sharif Said, met with a group of Polish businessmen, including

18:27, august 14, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Several Russian companies to participate at Dushanbe job fair

DUSHANBE, August 14, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A job fair will be held in Dushanbe on August 15.

18:20, august 14, 2008

TAJKISTAN

As of August 1, Orienbonk’s loan portfolio amounts to some 600 mln somonis

DUSHANBE, August 14, 2008, Asia-Plus -- As of August 1, 2008, a loan portfolio of open joint-stock company (OJSC) Orienbonk, which is one of Tajikistan’s largest financial institutions, has

17:22, august 14, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Two alleged drug peddlers detained in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, August 14, 2008, Asia-Plus - Afghan national Habibullo valadi Husein and Tajik national, student at Tajik National University, have been detained on suspicion of having been