Investigator of Karshi district prosecutor's office in Kashkadarya province is suspected of receiving $5,000 as a bribe, the spokesman to the General Prosecutor's Office, Khayot Shamsutdinov said.

In a step aimed at bolstering economic cooperation and supporting ongoing reforms, Uzbekistan and KfW Development Bank have made a finance agreement worth €150mln, the Ministry of Economy and Finance said. 

ADM Jizzakh automobile plant will launch hybrid cars and EVs, the director for development and planning, Alisher Komilov told the Uzbekistan 24 TV channel.

Ministry of Defense will for the first time hold a Technofest-2024defense industry exhibition. The event will take place on May 2, 3 and 4 at the Victory Park complex in Tashkent, the press service of the Ministry said.

On the morning of April 10, a festive prayer will be performed in 125 mosques in Tashkent city on the ocassion of the end of the month of Ramadan.

A man who was taken to a sobering center hanged himself on the night of April 8 in Chartak district of Namangan province, the spokesman to the General Prosecutor's Office, Khayot Shamsutdinov said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, as part of a trip to the Jizzakh province on Monday, attended the launch ceremony of new industrial and energy projects.

The Senate speaker, Tanzila Norbaeva hosted the visiting delegation headed by the Chair of the Georgian Parliament, Shalva Papuashvili on Monday. The parties touched upon various aspects of bilateral ties, focusing on trade, economic, and investment relations, as well as cultural and humanitarian exchanges, the press service of the Senate said.

The president Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Pardoning a group of persons serving a sentence who sincerely repented of their deeds and firmly embarked on the path of correction Decree ahead of the Eid al-Fitr holiday, with various pardon measures applied in relation 426 citizens.

Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air is set to expand its footprint in Central Asia with plans to launch direct flights from Europe to Uzbekistan. This move comes following the flights between Uzbekistan and Abu Dhabi by the carrier.

70 vulnerabilities and deficiencies have been identified and eliminated in 19 web resources of government bodies and organizations in Q1 of 2024 in Uzbekistan.

The Muslim Board of Uzbekistan announced that Eid al-Fitr this year would fall on Wednesday, April 10. The president Mirziyoyev is expected to declare this day a public holiday.

Talks took place between the CEO of the Hungarian Worknet Kft., Dávid Pénzes and the deputy head of the Foreign Labor Migration Agency under the Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations of Uzbekistan Hojiakbar Faizullakho'jaev in the format of a conference call with the support of the diplomatic mission of Uzbekistan.

Uzbekistan Airways launched twice-a-week Tashkent to Mumbai flight on Airbus A320 Neo, Dunyo said. The new flight will reportedly facilitate to further strengthen the bilateral ties for businesses, scholars, students, cultural and others between Uzbekistan and the state of Maharashtra with a population of about 120 million people and its neighboring states.

The Uzbek IT sector's $1.7bn share, or 2.1% of the GDP, in 2023 testifies to the high added value generated by the sector, the Statistics Agency said in a report.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will travel to the Jizzakh province on Monday, his spokesman Sherzod Asadov said. He will reportedly get acquainted with high-tech, agriculture and other projects being launched in the province.

President Mirziyoyev signed the Additional measures to improve labor migration processes and support persons temporarily working abroad Decree, the press service of the Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations said.

In a move to enhance climate education among Uzbek youth, the National Climate Center and the Climate Science have signed a memorandum to localize the ClimateScience.org educational platform. 

In January-March 2024, the Uzbekistan’s state budget deficit surpassed 19.8 trillion soums (US$ 1.56 billion at the Central Bank exchange rate as of April 4), the Ministry of Economy and Finance said in a report.

Voting on the Initiative Budget projects for the first season of 2024 ended on the Open Budget portal on Thursday. According to the Ministry of Economy and Finance, Uzbeks cast 11.7 million votes, which is far less than the record 18.1 million votes last season, since the principle of One person - One vote was launched this year.