Tajkistan

Prime minister urges to adjust heating supply system in Qurghon Teppa before 2008

QURGHON TEPPA, January 23, Asia-Plus -- Prime Minister Oqil Oqilov attended a meeting of Khatlon Hukumat that was held in Qurghon Teppa on January 19.

11:40, january 23, 2006

Reclamation of 12,219 hectares of lands improved in Tajikistan in 2005

DUSHANBE, January 23, Asia-Plus -- As of January 1 2005 55,549 hectares of agricultural lands in the republic had been in poor state and the work carried out last year resulted in improvement of

11:35, january 23, 2006

Dushanbe resolves problems of reprocessing of disposals

DUSHANBE, January 23, Asia-Plus -- Some 1,200-1,600 cubic meters of solid disposals are daily removed from the Tajik capital to the city dump for solid disposals and in total, more than 860,000

11:33, january 23, 2006

Gross domestic product in Tajik capital for 2005 amounts to over 1.479 billion Somonis: mayor

DUSHANBE, January 23, Asia-Plus -- Based on current data, the gross domestic product in Dushanbe for 2005 was 1.4796 billion Somonis, which is 27.

11:29, january 23, 2006

Dushanbe mayor sacks his deputy for construction

DUSHANBE, January 23, Asia-Plus -- Deputy Dushanbe Mayor, Firuz Ulmasov, has been sacked for failing to properly organize activity of the construction sector in the city.

20:36, january 20, 2006

World Bank provides $15 million to support improvement of basic municipal services in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE , January 20, Asia-Plus -- On Thursday January 19, the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved the Municipal Infrastructure Development Project for

20:35, january 20, 2006

Finance Ministry predicts exchange rate of local currency to USD will not exceed 3.24:1, says Tajik finance official

DUSHANBE , January 20, Asia-Plus -- The exchange rate of local currency somoni to the U.S. dollar will have not exceeded 3.

19:31, january 20, 2006

Population’s incomes increase by 21.1 percent: labor minister

DUSHANBE, January 20, Asia-Plus -- Compared to 2004 population’s incomes increased by 21.1 percent with regard to prices actually in effect and net profit increased by 9.3 percent last year.

18:04, january 20, 2006

Dushanbe mayor’s office, EBRD sing cooperation memorandum

DUSHANBE , January 20, Asia-Plus - On Thursday January 19, Dushanbe Mayor, Mahmadsaid Ubaidulloyev, and Mr.

17:08, january 20, 2006

MFA examines situation with suspension of BBC’s FM services in Tajikistan, says Tajik MFA spokesman

DUSHANBE , January 20, Asia-Plus - The suspension of the BBC’s services in Tajikistan on FM frequencies by the Tajik authorities has not been politically

16:29, january 20, 2006

Revenue part of 2005 national budget gets 1.2999 billion Somonis

DUSHANBE , January 20, Asia-Plus - The revenue part of the 2005 national budget got 1.2999 billion Somonis, which is 2.2 percent or 43.

16:05, january 20, 2006

Over 412,000 Tajiks left country during last year in search of seasonal work: labor minister

DUSHANBE, January 20, Asia-Plus - As of December 1 2005 441,171 citizens of Tajikistan left the country filling in migration

15:42, january 20, 2006

Gross Domestic Product for 2005 was 7.2 billion Somonis: finance ministry

DUSHANBE , January 20, Asia-Plus - Based on current data, the gross domestic product (GDPT), which is 6.7 percent or 1.

14:31, january 20, 2006

President Rahmonov meets with Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer in Ankara

In the course of the talks President Rahmonov and his Turkish counterpart have discussed a broad range of issues of bilateral cooperation.

14:26, january 20, 2006

Appeals court upholds Supreme Court’s verdict against DPT leader

DUSHANBE , January 20, Asia-Plus - The appeals court of Tajikistan’s Supreme Court has upheld the sentence passed by the Supreme Court Criminal Board on Mahmadruzi Iskandarov,

13:33, january 20, 2006

Tajik medical workers to learn algorithm of rational antibiotic therapy

DUSHANBE , January 20, Asia-Plus - A two-day training seminar on rational antibacterial microbe therapy is launched in Dushanbe today.

13:14, january 20, 2006

President Rahmonov to attend EAEC summit in St. Petersburg on January 25

President Emomali Rahmonov will attend an extraordinary summit meeting of heads of state from countries making up the Eurasian Economic Community.

13:03, january 20, 2006

Tajik specialists work out textbook on Islam

DUSHANBE , January 20, Asia-Plus - On Thursday January 19, the Ministry of Education gave a news conference on the results of work carried out in 2005.

12:20, january 20, 2006

Complex plan of measures to prevent spread of avian influenza in Tajikistan to be submitted to donors in February

DUSHANBE , January 20, Asia-Plus - A complex plan of measures to prevent spread of avian influenza (bird flu) in Tajikistan will be submitted for consideration

12:19, january 20, 2006

Total debt of cotton-growing farms to investors amounts to US$227 million, says deputy agriculture minister

DUSHANBE, January 20, Asia-Plus -- A total debt of cotton-growing farms in Tajikistan to investors that was formed since 1997 has amounted to US$227 million, First Deputy Agriculture Minister,

12:15, january 20, 2006

Gross agricultural product of Tajikistan in 2005 amounts to 2.773 billion Somonis

DUSHANBE, January 20, Asia-Plus -- Last year’s gross agricultural product from all categories was 2.773 billion Somonis and increased by 3.

12:14, january 20, 2006

Tajik authorities put ban on selling poultry products in shops

DUSHANBE, January 20, Asia-Plus - Tajik health and veterinary authorities are considering the possibility of putting ban on sale of chickens and other birds and poultry products in shops and on

11:35, january 20, 2006

50 Tajik criminals detained in Russia last year extradited to Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, January 20, Asia-Plus -- 50 criminal wanted by Tajik police for various crimes committed in Tajikistan were detained in the Russian Federation last year and handed over to the Tajik law

11:34, january 20, 2006

Some 10 kilograms of heroin detained by Dushanbe drug police Wednesday

DUSHANBE, January 20, Asia-Plus -- On Wednesday January 18, officers of the Dushanbe police directorate’s squad for combating drug trafficking (drug police) detained Hamza Huseinov, resident of

20:48, january 19, 2006

‘Our relationships with Iran not aimed against other states,’ says deputy Tajik foreign minister

DUSHANBE, January 19, Asia-Plus -- “Our economic cooperation with the Islamic Republic of Iran have expanded over the last several years,” Deputy Foreign Minister, Abdunabi Sattorov, told

19:53, january 19, 2006

President Rahmonov intends to pay official visits to Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan this year

DUSHANBE , January 19, Asia-Plus -- Tajik President Emomali Rahmonov intends to pay official visits to Ukraine , Kazakhstan and

19:43, january 19, 2006

To Uzbekistan without visa

Uzbekistan expressing wish to join the EAEC will should introduce non-visa regime for member nations of the Community, says Tajik MFA official

17:09, january 19, 2006

44 activists of “Hizb ut-Tahrir” organization detained in Tajikistan in 2005, says interior minister

DUSHANBE , January 19, Asia-Plus -- 44 activists of the outlawed religious extremist “Hizb ut-Tahrir” organization were detained in Tajikistan last year, Tajik

16:55, january 19, 2006

Investigations into January 31 and June 13 blasts in Tajik capital completed

DUSHANBE , January 19, Asia-Plus -- Investigations into the January 31 and June 13 blasts outside the Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) in Dushanbe have

16:45, january 19, 2006