Tajkistan

Tajik Islamic Revival Party turns 35

DUSHANBE, April 18, Asia-Plus -- The Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) organizes a conference tomorrow to mark the 35th anniversary of the foundation of the party.

12:33, april 18, 2008

Threat of floods and landslides in Tajikistan prompts UN humanitarian appeal

DUSHANBE, April 18, Asia-Plus -- The United Nations’ humanitarian wing is urgently appealing for $1.

12:12, april 18, 2008

40 kilos of heroin seized in two operations in Khatlon yesterday

DUSHANBE, April 18, Asia-Plus - Border guards have stopped an attempt of smuggling a large amount of heroin from Afghanistan, according to press service of the main border protection

11:58, april 18, 2008

78 corruption-related crimes detected in Khatlon this year

QURGHON TEPPA, April 18, Asia-Plus -- Officers from the Khatlon anticorruption directorate have conducted 83 inspections over the first three months of this year, senior officers from the

11:51, april 18, 2008

Food stocks to be prepared in Tajik capital

DUSHANBE, April 18, Asia-Plus -- The 13 session of the Dushanbe legislature (Majlis) of the third convocation, presided over by its head, Mahmadsaid Ubaidulloyev, was held on April 17.

11:20, april 18, 2008

Tajikistan’s external trade turnover for Jan-Mar 08 exceeds $1 billion

DUSHANBE, April 18, Asia-Plus -- In January-March 2008, the external trade turnover of Tajikistan, including electric energy and natural gas, has amounted to $1.0326 billion, which is 15.

11:09, april 18, 2008

19 killed in fries in Tajikistan in Jan-Mar 08

DUSHANBE, April 18, Asia-Plus -- 431 fires have occurred in Tajikistan over the first three months of this year, leaving 19

10:59, april 18, 2008

Konibodom prosecutor’s office reveals instances of gross violation of land legislation

KONIBODOM, April 18, Asia-Plus -- Inspections by Konibodom prosecutors have recorded numerous instances of gross violation of the country’s land legislation such as illegal occupation of

10:44, april 18, 2008

Some 1,000 RHD cars expected to be delivered to Tajikistan soon

DUSHANBE, April 18, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s Customs Service chief Gurez Zaripov told a press conference in Dushanbe on April 17 that some 1,000 right-hand drive (RHD) vehicles are expected

10:28, april 18, 2008

Program of international conference on water-related risk reduction discussed in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, April 18, Asia-Plus -- A meeting of the consultative council for international conference to discuss water-related disaster risk reduction was held in Dushanbe on April 17.

10:12, april 18, 2008

Dushanbe legislature discusses preparations for autumn-winter 2008-09

DUSHANBE , April 18, Asia-Plus -- The 13th session of the Dushanbe legislature (Majlis) that was held on April 17 focused on

20:00, april 17, 2008

Flooding damages 13 residential buildings in Khatlon’s Jomi district

Flooding caused by recent heavy rainfalls has damaged a number of residential buildings and 50 ha of corn areas in the dehqan (peasant) farm Vahdat, Khatlonâ€™s Jomi district.

19:38, april 17, 2008

GBAO consignees to have their own platform at railway station in Kulob

KULOB, April 17, Asia-Plus -- Construction of the second platform has started at the freight yard of the railway station in Kulob.

17:57, april 17, 2008

Tajikistan to import 700,000 of wheat and flour this year

DUSHANBE, April 17, Asia-Plus -- This year, Tajikistan intends to import 700,000 tons of wheat and flour, the Customs Service chief Gurez Zaripov announced at a press conference in Dushanbe

17:28, april 17, 2008

Tajikshifer to build new cement plant in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, April 17, Asia-Plus -- The limited liability company Tajikshifer (private slate-producing enterprise) intends to construct a small cement plant in the Rudaki district, some 20

16:01, april 17, 2008

Decline in Tajik exports results from energy crisis, says customs service chief

DUSHANBE, April 17, Asia-Plus -- Over the first three months of this year, Tajik exports have amounted $328.

15:30, april 17, 2008

Estimated budget for reconstruction of Dushanbe Central Park 17.2 million somonis

DUSHANBE, April 17, Asia-Plus -- The estimated budget for reconstruction of the Central Park in Dushanbe is 17.

15:11, april 17, 2008

President inaugurates new building of orphanage in Varzob

Inaugurating the second building of the orphanage Chorbogh for children with intellectual disabilities, President Emomali Rahmon called on parents of disabled children not to forget their children

14:06, april 17, 2008

Over 10% of GBAO population leaves for labor migration

DUSHANBE, April 17, Asia-Plus – More than 10 percent of the GBAO population is labor migrants. Of 218,000 population of the region, more than 22,000 are working in the Russian Federation.

13:07, april 17, 2008

New newspaper to be brought out in Tajikistan soon

DUSHANBE, April 17, Asia-Plus -- A weekly informational and entertaining newspaper 3 dar 1 ( Three in One ) will be brought out in Tajikistan soon.

12:46, april 17, 2008

Tajikistan, Russia have similar stance on NATO expansion to the East, says deputy minister

DUSHANBE, April 17, Asia-Plus -- There are no considerable divergences in views and estimates of Tajikistan and Russia on what is currently happening on western border of the CIS, the first

11:56, april 17, 2008

40 percent of Tajik entrepreneurs confronted with difficulties on getting licensing documents: IFC

DUSHANBE, Asia-Plus April 17, Asia-Plus -- The results of survey by International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the present system of granting permits for entrepreneurial activity in

11:17, april 17, 2008

Kuwaiti Fund provides $1 mln for conducting feasibility study for Kulob-Darvoz road

DUSHANBE, April 17, Asia-Plus -- The Kuwaiti Fund has provided $1 million for conducting feasibility study for designing and constructing of the highway from Kulob to GBAO’s Darvoz district,

10:54, april 17, 2008

Depraved cleric sentenced to 1 ½ years imprisonment

KULOB, April 17, Asia-Plus -- Muzaffar Ismoilov, a mullah at the mosque in the village of Sangrezi, Khatlon’s Khovaling district has got a jail prison of one year and six months.

10:24, april 17, 2008

Parliament gives its consent to providing additional TJS30 mln to fund cotton sector

DUSHANBE, April 17, Asia-Plus -- 22 issues were considered at an April 16 sitting of the fourth session of the Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament), presided over

20:51, april 16, 2008

Role of media in coverage of problems facing disabled children discussed in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, April 16, Asia-Plus -- Independent School of Journalism “Tajikistan – 21st Century” on Tuesday hosted a roundtable meeting to discuss issues related to a role of media in coverage

20:06, april 16, 2008

Tajikistan passes law on the right of access to information

The lower house (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of the Tajik parliament (Majlisi Oli) has endorsed a bill on the right of access to information.

19:41, april 16, 2008

New TV news channel to go on air in September, says the TV and Radio Committee head

DUSHANBE, April 16, Asia-Plus -- A new TV news channel will go on air in the country in September this year, Asadullo Rahmonov, Chairman of the Committee for TV and Radio-broadcasting,

18:57, april 16, 2008

Tajikistan sentences three Uzbek nationals for spying Uzbekistan

DUSHANBE, September 16, Asia-Plus -- In 2007, the Supreme Court of Tajikistan sentenced three Uzbek nationals to long prison terms for spying for Uzbekistan, Nusratullo Abdulloyev, chairman

18:34, april 16, 2008