Siamese sharks — a freshwater catfish species popular in home aquariums — were discovered in the basement of an apartment building in Fergana's Muruvvat neighborhood, local officials say.

Uzbekistan is proposing, for the first time, to define the legal status of community officers within the Interior Ministry system through a dedicated law — spelling out their duties, rights, obligations, professional guarantees and social protections.

Uzbekistan is moving toward a more targeted approach to poverty reduction, one in which authorities work not just with statistical indicators but understand the situation of each individual low-income family and its members, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Jamshid Kuchkarov said on August 25 at a session of the Legislative Chamber.

Uzbekistan can expect largely clear skies this weekend, with only patchy cloud cover over the north and mountainous areas, and no significant precipitation, the national weather service, Uzhydromet, has reported. Brief rain showers are possible only in mountainous parts of the Fergana Valley.

The Cabinet of Ministers has drafted a resolution aimed at streamlining the procedure for approving subsoil-use projects submitted by private business entities.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev today hosted the US Senator/ co-chair of the Senate’s Central Asia Caucus, Steve Daines.

Tashkent has launched the first phase of a dedicated bus rapid transit (BRT) line on Shahrisabz Street, the city's Road Traffic Organization Center announced.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has removed Behzod Musaev as director of the Migration Agency under the Cabinet of Ministers, presidential press secretary Sherzod Asadov announced. The decree cites Musaev's transfer to another position.

The system used to register people in need of social assistance to be revamped by the end of the year.

A section of asphalt collapsed on Glinka Street in Tashkent's Yakkasaray district, opening up a deep pit roughly two lanes wide in the roadway.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has given directives officials to lift 230,000 families out of poverty by the end of 2026.

Customs and security officials at the Navoi border checkpoint in Tashkent province intercepted two individuals attempting to smuggle a large sum of foreign currency into a neighboring country, the Tashkent provinceal customs department reported.

Uzbekistan Airways flight HY603 from Tashkent to Moscow has turned back, the company's press service reported. The carrier has also adjusted several other routes, citing temporary restrictions on aircraft arrivals at certain airports in Russia.

Film and theater actor Musulmonbek Yunusov has issued a video appeal on Instagram to Shahnoza Mirziyoyeva, first deputy director of the National Agency for Social Protection, describing a series of problems he says his family faced while trying to secure disability status for his young daughter.

A traffic accident involving a bus and a Chevrolet Lacetti occurred in Ohangaron district, Tashkent province, on September 2, the provincial traffic police department said.

Ministry of Economy and Finance will revise the 2026-2027 spending budgets for Uzatom, the state nuclear energy agency, and the Directorate for the Construction of the Nuclear Power Plant. Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance for Oil and Gas Khurshid Mustafayev announced the move Wednesday September 2, following a presentation to President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on the progress of the nuclear plant's construction.

Indian citizens can now enter Uzbekistan without a visa for stays of up to 30 days, provided they hold a valid visa from certain developed countries and a return ticket to their home country or onward travel to a third country. The measure was introduced under a presidential decree signed by Shavkat Mirziyoyev on August 29, the Ministry of Justice announced.

A court in Kashkadarya Region has sentenced a former military serviceman to five years in prison for the fatal beating of his 15-year-old daughter.

Uzbekfilm studio has fully settled its tax debt of more than 1 billion soms, according to Jahongir Ahmedov, first deputy minister of culture and director of the Cinematography Agency.

The agricultural census in Uzbekistan has clarified the boundaries and land-use categories of nearly 1 million hectares that had previously gone unrecorded in official statistics.