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09:17, january 6, 2012

U.S. embassy requests project proposals for the 2012 democracy commission small grants program

DUSHANBE, January 6, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe announces a request for proposals under the 2012 Democracy Commission Small Grants Program.

16:39, january 5, 2012

Dushanbe authorities revive evening classes for working youth

DUSHANBE, January 5, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The Dushanbe municipal authorities have decided to revive evening classes for the working youth.

10:30, january 5, 2012

I did not call on Tajik Muslims not to celebrate New Year’s, says Tajik grand mufti

DUSHANBE, January 5, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The head of the Council of Ulamo (a group of scholars and imams that provides interpretations of religious practice), Saidmukarram Abduqodirzoda, has

10:17, january 5, 2012

IOM, MoH continue informational campaign among migrant workers

DUSHANBE, January 5, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Within the second phase of the 8th round of the Global Fund against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, IOM jointly with UNDP and Ministry of Health (MoH) of

09:40, january 5, 2012

The pension payment card system program being implemented in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, January 5, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s savings bank, Amonatbonk, has launched the third phase of the program to introduce the pension payment card system in the country.

09:17, january 4, 2012

Tajik authorities seek solution to problems facing Tajik migrants in St. Petersburg

DUSHANBE, January 4, 2011, Asia-Plus – The Migration Center “Vostok” has begun to employ labor migrants from Tajikistan on the basis of organizational recruitment, Bakhtiyor Ismonov, representative

17:10, january 3, 2012

Three suicide cases reported in northern Tajikistan on the eve of New Year

KHUJAND, January 3, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Three suicide cases were reported in the northern Sughd province on December 30.

13:58, january 3, 2012

Two suicides reported in Muminobod district last Monday

KULOB, January 3, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Two suicides were reported in Khatlon’s Muminobod district on January 2.

13:30, december 31, 2011

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13:24, december 31, 2011

Tajik officials ban ‘New Year’s trees' to protect forests

DUSHANBE, December 31, 2011, Asia-Plus -- The pine trees that Tajik households traditionally display at New Year''s have disappeared from markets in the northern Tajik city of Khujand following a

15:04, december 29, 2011

24 Tajiks held in detention center in St. Petersburg pending deportation

DUSHANBE, December 29, 2011, Asia-Plus – Tajik Migration Service’s office in the Russian Federation is providing New Year’s food assistance to Tajik nationals being held at St.

11:41, december 29, 2011

Tajik ministries provide humanitarian aid to orphanages and boarding schools in Kulob region

KULOB, December 29, 20011, Asia-Plus -- Ministries and enterprises are continuing to provide humanitarian aid to orphanages and boarding schools in the Kulob region, Khatlon province.

10:20, december 29, 2011

President makes gifts to boarding school students and orphanage kids on the occasion of New Year

DUSHANBE, December 29, 2011, Asia-Plus -- President Emomali Rahmon has made gifts to all orphanage kids and boarding school students across the country on the occasion of New Year, the

10:25, december 28, 2011

Dushanbe mayor’s office New Year’s food fairs

DUSHANBE, December 28, 2011, Asia-Plus -- The Dushanbe mayor’s office has organized New Year’s food and farm produce fairs at all city’s bazaars and the amusement park named after Sadirddin Ayni.

10:57, december 27, 2011

Tajik, Russian Islamic institutes sign cooperation agreement

DUSHANBE, December 27, 2011, Asia-Plus -- The Tajik Islamic Institute named after Imomi Azam (Imam Abu Hanifa) and Russian Islamic University in Kazan, Russia’s Tatarstan Autonomous Republic have

14:39, december 26, 2011

Limkokwing University president, Tajik officials discuss cooperation issues

DUSHANBE, December 26, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Professor Emeritus Tan Sri Dato'' Sri Dr Lim Kok Wing, the Founder and President of Limkokwing University of Creative Technology met here with Tajik

14:24, december 26, 2011

Tajik Migration Service, IOM Mission in Tajikistan discuss cooperation issues

DUSHANBE, December 26, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Issues related to interaction between Tajikistan’s Migration Service and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) were discussed at a

10:15, december 26, 2011

146 new facilities built in Kulob this year

KULOB, December 26, 2011, Asia-Plus -- 146 new facilities, including eight industrial enterprises, seven educational facilities and nine medical facilities, have been built in the city of

17:28, december 25, 2011

Agroinvestbonk invests in agricultural project in Khovaling through TAAF-2 program

KULOB, December 25, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Agroinvestbonk’s branch in Kulob is supporting an agricultural project in Khatlon’s Khovaling district through the Tajik Agriculture Financing Framework

14:28, december 25, 2011

Tajikistan, Switzerland sign grant agreement on the north Tajik water rehabilitation project

DUSHANBE, December 25, 2011, Asia-Plus -- The Agreement on granting financial and technical assistance for the North Tajik Water Rehabilitation Project was signed in Dushanbe on December 23,

10:08, december 23, 2011

English for Academic Purposes at UCA's School of Professional and Continuing Education

DUSHANBE, December 23, 2011, Asia-Plus -- The University of Central Asia''s School of Professional and Continuing Education (SPCE) is now offering the English for Academic Purposes (EAP) program in

15:57, december 22, 2011

SDC, AKF-Tjk to implement ‘Water and Sanitation’ and ‘Family Medicine’ programs in communities

DUSHANBE, December 22, 2011, Asia-Plus -- The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the Aga Khan Foundation Tajikistan (AKF-Tjk) confirmed on December 21 that as part of their

10:13, december 21, 2011

Turajonzoda files defamation lawsuit against Tajik grand mufti

Hoji Akbar Turajonzoda has filed a defamation lawsuit against Tajik grand mufti in a court of Dushanbe’s Ismoili Somoni district.

14:54, december 20, 2011

Heavy snowfall affects passenger transport services in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, December 20, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Heavy snowfall has affected passenger transport services in Dushanbe.

17:46, december 17, 2011

Tajik farmers develop farmlands in Leningrad oblast

DUSHANBE, December 17, 2011, Asia-Plus – Local authorities of Russia’s Novgorod and Leningrad oblasts have allotted some 600 hectares of farmlands to the St.

17:00, december 16, 2011

UNDP supports a round table meeting on TB control among military servants

DUSHANBE, December 16, 2011, Asia-Plus -- A roundtable entitled "Strengthening Coordination of TB Control in the Military and Law Enforcement Ministries” took place in Dushanbe on December

17:19, december 14, 2011

The Archbishop of Central Asia consecrates the bell turret within Russian military base

DUSHANBE, December 14, 2011, Asia-Plus – The Archbishop of Tashkent and Central Asia Vikentiy has consecrated a bell turret that has been constructed at the chapel within compound of Russian

16:09, december 14, 2011

Polygamy becomes common practice in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, December 14, 2011, Asia-Plus – An article “Multiple Marriages in Tajikistan” by Haramgul Qodir posted on the website of the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) on December 13

11:50, december 14, 2011

Gazpromneft-Tajikistan presents fuel cards in Sughd province

DUSHANBE, December 14, 2011, Asia-Plus -- A single corporate system of payments on accounts for legal entities-customers of Gazpromneft-Tajikistan was presented in Khujand, the capital of the

10:00, december 14, 2011

WFP Tajikistan welcomes US$6 million donation from Russia

DUSHANBE, December 14, 2011, Asia-Plus -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today warmly welcomed a US$6 million donation from the Russian Federation that will go towards supporting the