The demolition of a house and outbuildings illegally constructed on irrigated agricultural land in the Denov district of Surkhandarya province has sparked widespread discussion on social media. The Supreme Court's press service issued a statement explaining the reasoning behind the court's decision.

The Senate passed a bill at its August 8 session aimed at strengthening guarantees of freedom of entrepreneurial activity and improving mechanisms to support business.

Tashkent's Yashnabad District Criminal Court continued hearing the case against former leadership of Uzbekneftegaz and representatives of contractor companies on August 7. 

As reported earlier the Senate at its 18th plenary session reviewed the National Report on Combating Corruption, submitted by the Anti-Corruption Agency.

The driver and two passengers of a Chevrolet Captiva were killed when their car collided with a truck towing a trailer in the Syrdarya province, the local traffic police department reported.

Kazakhstan has placed Uzbek blogger Mahmud Hikmatov, known online as Maxa.dxb, on its international wanted list, the Kazakh government reported on its official website.

Uzbekistan is set for a week of hot weather, the Uzhydromet meteorological service has reported.

Under a new departmental regulation adopted at the initiative of the Justice Ministry, the procedure for purchasing cash foreign currency at banks has been simplified.

A total of 21,042 foreign nationals arrived in Uzbekistan to study between January and June 2026, according to the State Statistics Committee.

Young inventor and engineer Ikromjon Muydinjonov presented his ARGUS-SYS anti-UAV system at the "Engineers of the Future" competition.

Tashkent International Airport gave a ceremonial welcome on August 10 to the first Etihad Airways flight from Abu Dhabi, Uzbekistan Airports' press service reported.

At its 18th plenary session, the Senate reviewed the National Report on Combating Corruption in the Republic of Uzbekistan, submitted by the Anti-Corruption Agency.

China's Outlook New Era Magazine has published an article on Central Asia's tourism growth, based on the World Travel & Tourism Council's (WTTC) 2026 Economic Impact Research report.

During its 18th plenary session, the Senate approved the constitutional International Center for Digital Technologies bill.

A total of 17,226.5 hectares of land from four neighboring districts will be annexed into Samarkand to facilitate the city's territorial expansion, the press service of the Senate reported.

A video surfaced on social media showing a bridge beam under construction tilting to one side at a work site in the Dehkanabad district of Kashkadarya province.

A contract laborer was killed in the Qiziltepa district of the Navoiy province after a trench collapsed during underground pipe repairs, the spokesman to the Prosecutor General’s Office Hayot Shamsutdinov said.

Starting September 1, 2026, fare enforcement rules will tighten across all згидшс bus networks operating under gross-cost contracts.

Central Asian countries are preparing a work plan to expand automated water-resource accounting in the Syr Darya basin. A working group made up of officials from participating countries is expected to be formed by the end of September.

Uzbekistan plans to double its current pace of housing construction by 2040, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said in his wishes on the Construction Workers' Day.