Uzbekistan has revised and expanded the rules governing the maintenance and use of apartment buildings, with the updated regulations set to take effect on November 16, 2026.

New passenger terminal project is underway at the Andijan International Airport, the Uzbekistan Airports said in a statement.

Uzbek businesses used to fear checks and law enforcement raids, spending their energy on survival rather than growth, businessman Jahongir Ortiqkhujaev said at an August 18 meeting with the president.

A man who threw stones at a lion and gazelles at Tashkent Zoo has been fined 2.8 million soums, the zoo's press service announced Tuesday.

Two people were killed on Korasuv-Buka-Bekabad highway in Tashkent province after a Chevrolet Spark veered into oncoming traffic and overturned on the roadside.

The Turkic countries are planning to set up a shared digital platform for scientific data exchange and a unified database of archaeological sites, according to Shahin Mustafayev, president of the Turkic Academy. He made the announcement at the third meeting of the Association of Research Institutes and Centers of Archaeology of the Turkic World (ARICA), held in Bugac, Hungary, 24.kg reported.

Uzbekistan recorded 373,389 live births between January and June 2026, the State Statistics Committee reported.

Uzbekistan will offer 70 state-funded university scholarships to citizens of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Mongolia for the 2026/27 academic year, the country's Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation has announced.

The Prosecutor General's Office has launched a Telegram bot called "Illegal Construction" (@noqonuniy_qurilish_bot) that allows Tashkent residents to report suspected illegal construction.

The Legislative Chamber has approved a draft resolution to redraw the administrative boundaries of two cities and several districts in Syrdarya province.

The Mamai border crossing between Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, closed for the past six years, may soon reopen, Kyrgyz news outlet 24.kg reported.

Nearly 10 Uzbek nationals are under investigation in Türkiye's Aydın  province over suspicious financial transactions involving bank cards, Uzbekistan's Consulate General in Istanbul reported.

Kazakh authorities are investigating the death of Madina Rashid Qizi, an Uzbek national, in Zhambyl province of Kazakhstan. Her body was discovered in Merken district.

The press service of the Tashkent mayor’s offic has announced that a concept for the reconstruction of the Yangiabad market is currently under development.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev took a ride along the newly constructed Urgench-Khiva highway, marking the inauguration of Uzbekistan's first toll road. The route begins at Urgench International Airport and runs parallel to a new railway line that was opened the previous day.

Three people in Tashkent have faced administrative charges following a confrontation with police officers in a local park in the Hastimam neighborhood.

The first stage of a project to create a center-lane, BRT-style (bus rapid transit) dedicated bus corridor on Shahrisabz Street in Tashkent is due to be completed by September 1, Tashkent's Center for the Organization of Road Traffic reported.

The Legislative Chamber has adopted, in its second reading, a bill aimed at simplifying the procedure for registering individuals by place of residence and place of stay.

On 18th August 2026, Japan International Cooperation Agency and Cultural Heritage Agency conducted Handover ceremony under the “Project for Conservation of Silk Road Cultural Heritage through Digital Archives”.

An official Uzbek delegation led by First Deputy Foreign Minister Bakhromjon Aloev arrived in Tehran on August 17, the Foreign Ministry reported.