Criminal case has been opened in Fergana following the mass poisoning of children in public kindergartens, the Fergana Province Police Department (FPPD) said.

Today, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the Belarussian Prime Minister Alexander Turchin, the presidential press service said.

As part of the visit of the delegation led by the Tashkent province governor Zoyir Mirzaev and the Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Russia Botir Asadov to Bashkortostan, the parties discussed ways to expand cooperation between the provinces, and unveiled one of the main joint projects: the Uzbekistan-Bashkir technopark project in Bekabad district.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev addressed the meeting with youth at Koksaroy residence. More than 60,000 young people from Karakalpakstan, provinces and Tashkent city are participating in the meeting.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired a government meeting on progress of major energy projects, ensuring sustainability of the power system, and improving energy efficiency, the presidential press service said.

The president Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree awarding Jasorat (Courage) medal to Khairullo Ibodullaev, a janitor in St. Petersburg, Russia. On February 22, Khairullo, 36, caught a 7-year-old boy who had fallen from a seventh-floor window.

The president Shavkat Mirziyoyev reviewed the progress of his previous directives to improve the performance of Uzbekneftegaz on Monday.

Pilot projects for artificial rainfall, or cloud seeding, will be deployed in Uzbekistan, based on the experience of France, China, and Saudi Arabia. This is envisaged by a decree of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on the state program for 2026.

Religious figure and founder of Azon media group, Alisher Tursunov, aka Mubashshir Akhmad, was temporarily transferred to Specialized Hospital for Convicts No. 23 in Tashkent on Friday. His lawyer, Abdulloh Sodiq confirmed this information. The first to report this news was the director of Ezgulik human rights society Abdurakhmon Tashanov.

A 35-year-old man who was being held in a pre-trial detention center in Kattakurgan district of the Samarkand province died. According to official information, he died while being taken to the hospital due to deteriorating health.

Sixty-two children from three Fergana kindergartens (No. 2, No. 58, and No. 61) have been hospitalized with a diagnosis of acute diarrheal disease of alimentary etiology. The Fergana province health department said Monday.

The Embassy of Bangladesh in Tashkent, Uzbekistan observed the ‘Great Martyrs’ Day and International Mother Language Day’ in a befitting manner on the 21st February 2026 at the Embassy.

Last February, the Tashkent Police Department reported it arrested a man who, while intoxicated, harassed a schoolboy on bus route 98.

When patients see the phrase Moderate fluid collection in POD meaning on an ultrasound report, it often triggers immediate anxiety. I have seen this many times in clinic. A short technical line in a radiology summary suddenly becomes a late-night Google search and a thousand worst case scenarios. The truth is, in many cases, fluid in the pouch of Douglas can be normal, temporary, or related to a specific but manageable condition.

The Uzbekistan government is violating the human and labor rights of cotton and wheat farmers through a coercive state production system, Human Rights Watch and Uzbek Forum for Human Rights said in a report released today. These abuses continue despite recent agricultural reforms.

The Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov spoke to his Afghan counterpart Mawlavi Amir Khan Muttaqi over the phone on Saturday. “Had a productive phone conversation with H.E. Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan, the Minister Saidov said on his Telegram channel.

The United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy to Azerbaijan and Central Asia, Professor the Lord Alderdice FRCPsych, concluded a multi-day visit to Uzbekistan focused on strengthening economic cooperation and unlocking opportunities in infrastructure, critical minerals, capital markets and education.

Several Russian Telegram channels, followed by major media outlets, reported today the appearance of an "unidentified" Boeing 787 in Russian airspace, departing from Washington, D.C., and proceeding to the border with Kazakhstan.

The bill on income and asset declaring by civil servants has been finalized. The document is currently being prepared for public input, the Director of the Anti-Corruption Agency Akmal Burkhanov announced this at a press conference on February 6.

A car carrying six children with disabilities to Umid Chirogi (Light of Hope) daycare center in Naryn district of Namangan province was involved in an accident on the morning of February 18. The National Agency for Social Protection under the President of Uzbekistan reported the accident.