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17:11, april 23, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan’s foreign debt exceeds $1.2 billion

DUSHANBE, April 23, Asia-Plus -- According to the preliminary data, as of April 1, 2008, Tajikistan’s foreign debt has amounted to 1.

15:52, april 23, 2008

POWER

Use of cars with tinted glass windows to be permitted in Tajikistan

Tajik MPs consider that governmentâ€™s resolution of 1999 banning the use of cars with tinted glass windows was illegal.

14:32, april 23, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Rising world prices may affect inflation rate in Tajikistan: MoF

DUSHANBE, April 23, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s gross domestic product (GDP) rose 3.2 percent in three months to April 1, reaching 2.

13:53, april 23, 2008

TAJKISTAN

2nd meeting of Task Force on regional electricity cooperation opens in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, April 23, Asia-Plus -- The second meeting of a Task Force on regional Electricity Cooperation in Central and South Asia opened in Dushanbe today.

13:41, april 23, 2008

TAJKISTAN

EBRD delegation visits Sangtuda-1 site

DUSHANBE, April 23, Asia-Plus -- Visiting delegation of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) yesterday visited the site for the Sangtuda-1 hydroelectric power plant

12:36, april 23, 2008

Money are collected for construction of new Orthodox church in Khujand

KHUJAND, April 23, Asia-Plus -- A new Orthodox church will be constructed in Khujand, Sughd province by design of Moscow architect V.

12:34, april 23, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Drug peddler detained at Dushanbe airport yesterday

DUSHANBE, April 23, Asia-Plus -- Officers from the Drug Control Agency (DCA) have detained a drug peddler at the Dushanbe airport who has been traveling to Moscow with drugs in his stomach,

12:24, april 23, 2008

LAW-ORDER

Fraud from Varzob detained in Gorno Badakhshan

KHOROG, Aril 23, Asia-Plus -- Officers from the GBAO polic directorate arrested Rajabov, the resident of the Varzob district, yesterday.

12:14, april 23, 2008

LAW-ORDER

51 corruption-related crimes detected in northern Tajikistan this year

KHUJAND, April 23, Asia-Plus - 51 corruption-related crimes have been detected in the Sughd province over the first three months of this year, the Sughd anticorruption directorate chief

12:05, april 23, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajik Internet provider recognized the best among IAESTE members

DUSHANBE, April 23, Asia-Plus -- Tajik internet provider, Babilon-T, has been recognized the best among more than 4,000 companies across the world, Asia-Plus has learned at the Babilon-T head

11:42, april 23, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Collection of Tajik-Chinese agreements brought out in Beijing

DUSHANBE, April 3, Asia-Plus -- A collection of agreements signed between Tajikistan and China formally titled “Tajikistan-China: Collection of the Main Documents (1997-2002)” was recently

11:30, april 23, 2008

POWER

President to address parliament on April 25

DUSHANBE, April 23, Asia-Plus -- On Friday April 25, President Emomali Rahmon will address the seventh joint session of the Tajik parliament.

11:16, april 23, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Economic ministry launches new website

DUSHANBE, April 23, Asia-Plus -- The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (MoEDT) has launched new website – www.met.tj .

11:02, april 23, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Meeting to work out strategy of training HIV-AIDS specialist opens in Tajik capital today

DUSHANBE, April 23, Asia-Plus -- A two-day roundtable meeting to work out a strategy and components of a complex plan of training of HIV/AIDS specialists for 2008-1010 is opening in Dushanbe

10:47, april 23, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Foreign investments in exploration of Tajikistan’s natural resource reserves increase year by year

DUSHANBE, April 23, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s Main Geology Directorate head Azim Ibrohim told a press conference in Dushanbe

10:30, april 23, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajik specialists to prospect for coals in Afghanistan

DUSHANBE, April 23, Asia-Plus -- A new department for prospecting for mineral resources abroad will be established at Tajikistan’s Main Geology Directorate soon, Azim Ibrohim, the head of the

10:12, april 23, 2008

POWER

Parliament considers bills and amendments to laws in force

DUSHANBE, April 23, Asia-Plus -- A regular sitting of the fourth session of the Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament) of the third convocation will be held today.

10:02, april 23, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajik geologists strike raw materials used in the aluminum production

Tajik geologists have stricken high-silica sand and refractory clay, which are used as raw materials in the aluminum prodcution.

19:01, april 22, 2008

No new international organization registered in Tajikistan over the past year

DUSHANBE, April 22, Asia-Plus -- No new international organization has been registered in the country since a new law on public associations was adopted last February, Davlat Sulaymonov,

18:22, april 22, 2008

Dushanbe Communists cannot lay down flowers at Lenin monument

DUSHANBE, April 22, Asia-Plus -- Communists of Dushanbe could not lay down flowers at the monument of Vladimir Lenin today to mark his 138th birthday as the monument was dismantled on March

17:54, april 22, 2008

LAW-ORDER

Qumsangir prosecutor is to inform media about murder of Hero of the Soviet Union Haidar Qosimov

QURGHON TEPPA, April 22, Asia-Plus -- The Khatlon prosecutor Foziljon Okhounov has charged the Qumsangir prosecutor to inform media about details of criminal proceedings instituted on the

17:32, april 22, 2008

Yusufi visits Rasht to get acquainted with women’s situation in the region

DUSHANBE, April 22, Asia-Plus -- Ms.

16:07, april 22, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajik energy minister to visit a number of enterprises of energy-and-fuel complex in Ukraine

DUSHANBE, April 22, Asia-Plus -- Issues related to implementation of agreements reached during Ukrainian president’s visit to Tajikistan were discussed at a session of the Tajik-Ukrainian

15:41, april 22, 2008

TAJKISTAN

India plans to fund modernization of Varzob-2 power station

DUSHANBE, April 22, Asia-Plus -- The Government of India plans to provide grant for modernization of the Varzob-2 hydropower station in Tajikistan, Samandar Boboyev, the first deputy head of

15:06, april 22, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Large amount of heroin intercepted in Shuroobod

DUSHANBE, April 22, Asia-Plus -- Officers from the Khatlon security directorate have seized a large amount of drugs in the village of Yol, Khatlon’s Shuroobod district.

14:49, april 22, 2008

US experts conduct workshops on civic education and project planning in Kulob

KULOB, April 22, Asia-Plus -- A group of specialists from a number of US universities have conducted a series of workshops on civic education and project planning for Kulob students on

14:27, april 22, 2008

TAJKISTAN

ADB proposes to set up lab for testing cotton fiber standards in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, April 22, Asia-Plus -- Issue of setting up a lab for testing cotton fiber quality was a focus of a meeting of Agriculture Minister Qosim Qosimov with Ms.

13:23, april 22, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Large pharmaceutical plant to be built in Tajikistan before the end of this year

DUSHANBE, April 22, Asia-Plus -- A large pharmaceutical plant is expected to be built in Tajikistan before the end of this year, Health Minister Nusratullo Salimov announced at a press

13:04, april 22, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Over 326 kilos of drugs seized by Tajik border guards in Jan-Mar 08

DUSHANBE, April 22, Asia-Plus -- Tajik border guards have seized more than 326 kilograms of drugs over the first quarter of this year, press service of the main border directorate within the

12:40, april 22, 2008

TAJKISTAN

IFC Corporate Governance Project launches updated website

DUSHANBE, April 22, Asia-Plus -- Central Asia Corporate Governance Project (CACGP), funded by International Finance Corporation (IFC), is launching updated website – www.ifc.