A new double-circuit 500-kilovolt (kV) power transmission line is being built from Samarkand to Tashkent, the Energy Ministry said.

President Mirziyoyev has appointed Obid Khakimov as deputy chief of the Presidential Administration in charge of education reform, with a concurrent post as rector of New Uzbekistan University. He was relieved of his post as presidential adviser on economic policy.

Uzbekistan's embassy, with support from the National PR Center under the Tourism Committee, held an online meeting with officials of the Airbnb platform.

President Mirziyoyev has merged the Ministry of Preschool and School Education and the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation into a single Ministry of Education and Science by decree, the presidential spokesman Sherzod Asadov announced the move.

A neighbourhood council chief in Kushrabot district, Samarkand province has been penalized for sexual harassment. The ruling says U.Ch., 42, head of the Katta Okmachit neighborhood in Kushrabot District, sexually harassed a woman living in the area. He messaged her on Telegram, proposed sex, and sent her obscene videos.

Uzbekistan imported 18,900 tonnes of mutton worth $43.8 million in January-July 2026, up 37.7% from the same period last year, with Kazakhstan the largest supplier.

Uzbekistan has stepped up preparedness among the relevant services to prevent highly dangerous infectious diseases from entering and spreading in the country, the Sanitary and Epidemiological Committee said.

Tokyo police have arrested a 45-year-old Uzbek national who works as a food delivery courier on suspicion of committing indecent acts against a schoolgirl.

The Justice Ministry has registered interim regulations governing the use of the Urgench-Khiva toll road. Under the rules, the operator must publish tariffs, payment methods and details of a free alternative route before tolling begins.

India's Hyderabad police on Thursday rescued six Uzbek women from an alleged brothel and arrested two persons for allegedly running the illegal operation from a hotel.

Construction is nearing completion on the 127.6-km Darbaza-Maktaaral railway line in Kazakhstan, and operations are expected to begin before the end of 2026, Kazakhstan's Transport Ministry said.

A 4-year-old girl has died after being beaten by her foster mother in the Kasbi District of Kashkadarya Province, the office of Children's Ombudsman confirmed.

The Senate at its 20th plenary session passed the bill toughing penalties for organized crime and crimes against public order.

Nominal wages in Uzbekistan rose 18.4% in January-June 2026 from a year earlier, while real wages rose 10.9%, the Central Bank said in its Labor Market Review for the Q2 2026.

The Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov speaking today at the expanded meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council in Minsk put forward a series of proposals to expand cooperation with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).

Today, the Senate backed a new constitutional bill, the Constitutional Court Bill. The bill is expected to be signed into law by the President. The bill has proposed full-fledged electronic proceedings, sets a 15-day deadline for preliminary review of petitions, clarifies the consequences of a regulation being declared unconstitutional and provides for a reserve pool of candidates for Constitutional Court judgeships.

Health Minister Eldor Adilov visited the Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Medical Center of Oncology and Radiology to review its operations, the ministry's press service said.

The Senate today, Oct. 2 approved a bill that adds a new provision to the Labor Code prohibiting sexual harassment in employment and occupation.

The Tashkent Province branch of the Center for State Environmental Expertise has approved the phase II of the environmental impact assessment (EIA) for Sea Breeze Uzbekistan, a year-round resort complex planned on the eastern shore of the Charvak reservoir. The positive opinion was issued on September 10 and is valid until September 10, 2029.

Today the Senate passed a bill that expands the Central Bank's autonomy in adopting regulations and clarifies how the regulator is audited.