Jizzakh-based blogger Orzigul Urazmatova has died following a severe car crash. The accident occurred around midnight on the night of August 4, 2026, in the city of Jizzakh. Urazmatova reportedly lost control of her Chevrolet Lacetti, causing the vehicle to veer off the road and collide with a tree. Preliminary investigations suggest she was distracted while filming a video behind the wheel.

The second freight train under the Slavic Caravan project departed the Orsha-Vostochnaya station on August 3, 2026, traveling along the Belarus–Russia–Kazakhstan–Uzbekistan route, the Uztemiryulcontainer said in a statement.

Uzbekistan manufactured 235,794 passenger cars across various models during the first half of 2026, the Statistics Committee reported.

A mother who attempted to sell her 11-year-old son for 40 million soums (approximately $3,150) due to severe financial distress has been sentenced to three years and six months in prison by a court in Uzbekistan's southernmost Surkhandarya province.

Uzbekistan's Samarkand-2028 satellite lifted off Wednesday alongside Indonesia's Lampung-1 from a sea-based platform off the coast of China's Shandong province, in a launch that Uzbek officials scheduled for between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. Tashkent time.

Uzbekistan has approved a list of countries where personal data is protected at a level equivalent to that guaranteed domestically, under a Cabinet of Ministers resolution dated July 29.

The list includes 49 countries and territories, among them the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Canada, Singapore, Russia, Switzerland, New Zealand, and a number of European Union member states.

Under the resolution, personal data and depersonalized data may be transferred to listed countries through information systems established on the basis of international agreements without the need for additional authorization or notification of the relevant government agency — provided that appropriate measures are taken to prevent data leaks.

A court in Ferghana province has sentenced a local physician to five days of administrative detention for sexually harassing a colleague, highlighting a growing judicial enforcement of workplace misconduct laws in the country.

Uzbek households equipped with rooftop solar panels generated more than 330.8 billion soums in revenue by selling surplus electricity back to the national grid during the first half of 2026, according to the Tax Committee. This marks an approximate 5.3-fold increase compared to the same period last year.

Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan have launched organizational and logistical operations to formally transfer the villages of Chongara and Tash-Dobo, previously under the jurisdiction of Uzbekistan's Fergana province. The move was confirmed by the Kyrgyz presidential representation in the Batken province, the Kyrgyz news agency 24.kg reported.

During its session today, the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis (Supreme Assembly) reviewed and passed in its first reading a constitutional bill governing the Presidential Administration of Uzbekistan, the lower house's press service reported.

During its session on August 4, the Legislative Chamber reviewed a bill aimed at significantly tightening penalties for specific traffic violations.

Uzbekistan is set to overhaul its civil service pay and workplace conditions, following a presentation made to the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev today.

Tashkent Mayor Shavkat Umurzakov has ordered an internal disciplinary investigation into the district mayors of 10 of the capital’s 12 districts, according to a directive signed on Monday.

The unauthorized felling and uprooting of century-old juniper trees has been uncovered in Sariosiyo district of Surkhandarya province, according to a press release from the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection, and Climate Change.

A shocking incident involving Samad Hasanov, the Shahrisabz district mayor, has exposed a deeply rooted culture of feudalistic entitlement and official overreach within local governance.

A young child whose head became wedged inside a hole in a concrete structure was safely freed by emergency rescue crews in the city of Bukhara, local officials reported. The child escaped the ordeal completely unharmed.

The Russian Premier League side FC Rubin Kazan has officially completed the signing of Uzbek international defender Jahongir Urozov on a loan deal from FC Dinamo Samarkand, the club announced on its official website. 

On August 1, a new shooting sports complex and gymnasium were officially inaugurated at a military base within the Fergana Garrison of the Ministry of Defense, the ministry’s Department of Information and Mass Communications said in a statement.

Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan have agreed to develop joint projects in agriculture, geological exploration, energy, construction materials, and transport, the Minister of Investment, Industry and Trade Laziz Kudratov told the Uzbekistan 24 TV channel, commenting on the outcomes of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev's state visit to Kyrgyzstan.

The China–Kyrgyzstan–Uzbekistan railway project could be completed at least a year ahead of schedule, Transport Minister Ilkhom Makhkamov told the Uzbekistan 24 TV channel.