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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

09:25, december 14, 2011

U.S. government encourages private investment to improve rural services

DUSHANBE, December 14, 2011, Asia-Plus – On Tuesday December 13, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) organized a roundtable to discuss ways to develop and

10:04, december 13, 2011

The second Dushanbe water supply project seeks to improve public service delivery

DUSHANBE, December 13, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Improving public service delivery to the residents of Dushanbe is the main objective of the Second Dushanbe Water Supply Project, according to speakers at

15:40, december 12, 2011

Tajik woman and her two underage children freed from bondage in Russia

DUSHANBE, December 12, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Tajik woman and her two underage children have been freed from bondage in Russia.

15:02, december 12, 2011

Authorities suspend the functioning of Muhammadiya Mosque in Vahdat

The authorities have suspended the functioning of the Muhammadiya Mosque in the Vahdat district for three months.

10:52, december 12, 2011

Villagers mitigate effects of November mudslides

KULOB, December 12, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Residents of the village of Chashmai Jushon in the Muminobod district have actively responded to the call of local authorities for mitigation of effects of a

10:20, december 12, 2011

Anti-tuberculosis project launched in four districts of Kulob region in Khatlon

KULOB, December 12, 2011, Asia-Plus -- A year-long program entitled “Together We Will Win Tuberculosis” has been launched in four districts of the Kulob region in Khatlon province –

16:17, december 11, 2011

Shouroobod district in Khatlon victimized by Afghan armed smugglers

KULOB, December 11, 2011, Asia-Plus -- On Thursday December 8, a group of armed Afghan smugglers stole more than 10 cows from the Duloba pasture in the Sarichasha Jamoat of the Shouroobod

15:11, december 8, 2011

Tajik Migration Service head meets with Tajik labor migrants working in St. Petersburg

DUSHANBE, December 8, 2011 Asia-Plus -- During his recent visit to St. Petersburg, Tajikistan’s Migration Service head Safiallo Devonayev met with a group of Tajik labor migrants at the St.

10:52, december 8, 2011

Nouri Zindagi journalist freed from paying fine

DUSHANBE, December 8, 2011, Asia-Plus – The appeals commission of the Sughd regional court has considered appeal filed by Mahmadyusuf Ismoilov, a reporter with the independent weekly

09:23, december 8, 2011

Japan supports school rehabilitation in Murgab district, GBAO

DUSHANBE, December 8 2011, Asia-Plus -- The Government of Japan provides US$112,106 as a grant for “The Project for Rehabilitation of Secondary School No.

17:12, december 7, 2011

250 thousand work places will be created in Tajikistan during two years

DUSHANBE, December 7, 2011, Asia-Plus - In accordance with the State program to promote employment for 2012-2013, which was adopted by the Government of Tajikistan in late November, during the next

15:43, december 7, 2011

U. S. Ambassador opens safe drinking water project in Tursunzoda district

Dushanbe. December 7, 2011, Asia-Plus - U.S.

17:40, december 6, 2011

Handicap International expands its operations to Vose district

KULOB, December 6, 2011, Asia-Plus -- International aid organization, Handicap International, has begun survey of work with children with disabilities in the Vose district, Khatlon province.