President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has reviewed a presentation on the progress of major transport and logistics projects, the presidential press service said.

Energy audits have begun in apartment buildings in Tashkent with the participation of World Bank experts, the Tashkent city administration's press service said.

Uzbekistan is working to detect subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE), a severe complication of measles, at an early stage and to provide specialized care to patients, the Ministry of Health said.

Amway has officially launched in Uzbekistan, expanding its presence in Central Asia and making its range of health, nutrition, personal care and home care products available to customers in the country.

Allied Biofuels has held a major Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) meeting at Sinopec’s office in Ningbo, China, bringing together Allied Biofuels, Sinopec Engineering Group Co., Ltd. of China, Topsoe A/S of Denmark, Sasol South Africa Limited, and Plug Power of the United States — the principal international engineering and technology providers supporting its US$6.1 billion Presidential Decree-backed Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and e-SAF project in Uzbekistan.

A country's level of development is determined by far more than the size of its economy and household incomes. Life expectancy, access to education and the extent to which economic opportunities translate into quality of life matter just as much. These are the factors combined in the Human Development Index (HDI), calculated by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev sent a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin today congratulating him on the successful holding of elections to the State Duma, the lower house of Russia's Federal Assembly.

Uzbekistan will conduct national monitoring of working conditions for cotton pickers from Sept. 25 to Oct. 31, aiming to prevent child and forced labor in the fields. The Federation of Trade Unions of Uzbekistan announced the launch at a briefing on Sept. 18.

Officials at a commercial bank in Tashkent have been found to have embezzled $300,000 from a customer's deposit, a department under the Prosecutor General's Office said.

The weather will be partly cloudy across much of the country this work week, changeable in places, with no precipitation expected, the Uzhydromet said.

Azerbaijan will host joint military exercises, Strength in Unity 2026, involving troops from Azerbaijan, Türkiye and Uzbekistan, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said.

The National Statistics Committee has published a list of the countries most visited by Uzbek citizens traveling abroad for tourism.

Officials are proposing to stop granting new social tax breaks to businesses and to abolish existing ones entirely from 2030, the Ministry of Economy and Finance said.

Authorities in Tashkent Province have opened an inquiry into reports that a 20-year-old man fell into a coma after receiving treatment at a private clinic in Angren, the Tashkent Province Health Department said.

Tashkent recorded a brief, sharp spike in airborne particulate pollution on the evening of Sept. 18, with PM2.5 (particles up to 2.5 micrometers in diameter) and especially PM10 (up to 10 micrometers) surging, the National Committee for Ecology and Climate Change said, citing the special commission on improving the capital's environmental situation.

Muminjon Yuldashev, a businessman from Ferghana Province, has been placed on Interpol's international wanted list at Tashkent's request. A Red Notice for him has been published on the organization's website.

Authorities plan to establish a gold mining and processing cluster in Karakalpakstan and expand geological exploration, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said at a meeting in Nukus Saturday.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said projects aimed at improving living conditions are being implemented in every district of Karakalpakstan.

Starting with the 2026/2027 academic year, children of teachers who enroll in or already study at state universities will receive a 30% discount on their tuition contracts. The procedure was approved by a government resolution dated Sept. 17, the Justice Ministry's Telegram channel reported.

Group that promised, for a fee, to secure SAT scores, an international exam used for admission to universities abroad, mainly in the U.S was busted in Tashkent. The operation was carried out by the State Security Service (DXX) and Interior Ministry departments for Tashkent province, the DXX's press service said.