Two men who demanded $900,000 from a businessman have been detained in Tashkent, the State Security Service (SSS) said Tuesday.

Tower crane fell during mointing at the construction site of Dombirobod City residential complex in Tashkent’s Chilanzar district on the evening of Monday, the Industrial, Radiation and Nuclear Safety said.

A number of MoMs regulating the water and energy balance in the region were signed following a trilateral meeting of power and water management departments of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan in Cholpon-Ata (Kyrgyz Republic).

Two deputy mayors of Buston district of Andijan province — in charge of investment and the other for agriculture and water management — have been arrested on suspicion of corruption, the State Security Service (SSS) said. The operation was conducted jointly with other law enforcement agencies.

The Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced visits to a number of countries, as well as delivering speech at the anniversary session of the UN General Assembly in New York, Tengrinews.kz said.

The Government of Uzbekistan today transferred 265 tons of humanitarian to the people of Afghanistan in connection with the devastating earthquake, the press service of the Foreign Ministry said.

ACWA Power, the world’s largest private water desalination company, and a leader in energy transition and first mover into green hydrogen, is proud to announce its support for the presentation of the winning design of the AlMusalla Prize, in collaboration with Diriyah Biennale Foundation and Vision Invest, at the Bukhara Biennial in Uzbekistan.

The first Conference on Attracting Investments and Supporting the Power Sector of Afghanistan took place on September 6 in Kabul, the press service of the Ministry of Energy of Uzbekistan said.

The deputy mayor for women’s affairs of Saryosiyo district in Surkhandarya province, Dilfuza Toshmatova has been forcing activists in neighborhoods to pick cotton. Kun.uz news publication said it had received video footages and audio about this. The deputy mayor called the activists “unscrupulous.”

The Tashkent authorities unveiled which district of the Tashkent city recorded the most road accidents in over 4.3 thousand cases that occurred in the capital over the eight-month period.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and ACWA Power Company (ACWA Power) signed a $51 million loan package to build the Nukus 2 Wind and Battery Energy Storage facility in Uzbekistan’s Qoraozak district in the Republic of Karakalpakstan. The project will be implemented by ACWA Power Beruniy Wind FE LLC, which is fully owned by ACWA Power. This project is Central Asia’s first wind power facility with a utility-scale battery energy storage system. 

On August 29, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Measures to strengthen the relationship between representatives of the people and voters in the context of improving the initiative budget processes Decree.

Seven people died on the spot, five people sustained varying degrees of injuries and were taken in hospital in a major accident in Angren in Tashkent province, which was reported earlier, the press service of the Interior Ministry reported at 19:08 on Sunday.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev heard with a presentation on measures to expand and simplify governmental services in the justice system Friday.

On Friday, September 5, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev a telephone conversation spoke to the President of the United States Donald Trump, the Uzbek president’s press service said.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev noted the need to further boost the pro-activeness, accountability and authority of leaders in the timely and high-quality implementation of reforms in a government meeting Friday.

A historic event occurred in Arnasay district of the Jizzakh province - for the first time ever a passenger plane made a test land at the local airport, which is now under construction, UzA said.

An Uzbek man, 29, died in the mountains of the Turkestan province of Kazakhstan. A young Kazakh man who accompanied him was rescued, the Kazakh Ministry of Emergency Situations said today.

The chairman of the Commerce and Industry Chamber Davron Vakhabov in an interview to the Uzbekistan 24 channel called the president's decision to adopt a zero VAT rate on agricultural goods historic and stressed that it creates all the conditions for transparent and efficient work of farmers and processing firms.

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a Regulation for registering underground water pumping meters. The state-owned enterprise “Uzbekhydrogeology” under the Ministry of Geology and Mining Industry will be in charge of registering water meters. The installation of metering devices will become mandatory starting 30 November, when the regulation will take effect.