Only 4% of Uzbekistan's adult population holds a savings or fixed-term deposit account, despite 86% of adults having a bank account, the Central Bank said in its 2025 financial inclusion index report.

Uzbekistan's existing Republican Radioactive Waste Storage Center may only have enough capacity to last another four to five years, officials told the Legislative Chamber during the first reading of the Management of Radioactive Waste Bill Tuesday.

Tolls on the Urgench–Khiva expressway will run 25,000 soums for passenger cars, the press service of the Automobile Roads Committee said.

Starting August 20, a specialized survey aircraft operated by Avion will conduct scheduled flight inspections of air navigation systems over Tashkent's airports, Transport Ministry press service announced, citing the Uzaeronavigatsiya air navigation authority.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev reviewed proposals for expanding Uzbekistan's network of small and micro hydropower plants Wednesday.

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved steps to implement a World Bank-backed project aimed at curbing gas leaks across the country, under the August 18, 2026 Resolution.

Kyrgyzstan exported a total of $3.2841 million worth of livestock between January and June 2026. According to the Kyrgyz Statistical Committee, cattle accounted for the bulk of those exports: over the six-month period, the country sold 14,823 head of cattle abroad for $3.1958 million, with Uzbekistan emerging as the leading buyer, 24.kg reported.

The 2025–2026 Women, Peace, and Security Index, compiled by the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security and the Oslo Peace Research Institute, assesses 181 countries and economies on women's well-being. The index scores nations on a scale from 0 to 1, where higher scores reflect superior conditions for women.

Uzbekistan has revised and expanded the rules governing the maintenance and use of apartment buildings, with the updated regulations set to take effect on November 16, 2026.

New passenger terminal project is underway at the Andijan International Airport, the Uzbekistan Airports said in a statement.

Uzbek businesses used to fear checks and law enforcement raids, spending their energy on survival rather than growth, businessman Jahongir Ortiqkhujaev said at an August 18 meeting with the president.

A man who threw stones at a lion and gazelles at Tashkent Zoo has been fined 2.8 million soums, the zoo's press service announced Tuesday.

Two people were killed on Korasuv-Buka-Bekabad highway in Tashkent province after a Chevrolet Spark veered into oncoming traffic and overturned on the roadside.

The Turkic countries are planning to set up a shared digital platform for scientific data exchange and a unified database of archaeological sites, according to Shahin Mustafayev, president of the Turkic Academy. He made the announcement at the third meeting of the Association of Research Institutes and Centers of Archaeology of the Turkic World (ARICA), held in Bugac, Hungary, 24.kg reported.

Uzbekistan recorded 373,389 live births between January and June 2026, the State Statistics Committee reported.

Uzbekistan will offer 70 state-funded university scholarships to citizens of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Mongolia for the 2026/27 academic year, the country's Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation has announced.

The Prosecutor General's Office has launched a Telegram bot called "Illegal Construction" (@noqonuniy_qurilish_bot) that allows Tashkent residents to report suspected illegal construction.

The Legislative Chamber has approved a draft resolution to redraw the administrative boundaries of two cities and several districts in Syrdarya province.

The Mamai border crossing between Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, closed for the past six years, may soon reopen, Kyrgyz news outlet 24.kg reported.

Nearly 10 Uzbek nationals are under investigation in Türkiye's Aydın  province over suspicious financial transactions involving bank cards, Uzbekistan's Consulate General in Istanbul reported.