According to a government decision adopted four years ago, 241 student dormitories were to be built on the basis of public–private partnership (PPP) by the end of 2025. However, only 73 have been completed in the past three years, Doniyor Yusupov, head of the PPP Development Department at the Ministry of Higher Education, told Kun.uz. .

An 18-year-old citizen of Uzbekistan was fined nearly 79,000 tenge (UZS 1.8 million) after joking at Almaty airport that he had an “atomic bomb” in his luggage..

In Jizzakh, a newborn was abducted from a maternity hospital by a woman wearing a mask. She entered the ward under the pretense of being a doctor’s daughter, claiming that a physician needed to examine the infants, and took one of the three-day-old twins. The baby was found a day later and returned to the mother..

In the 2025 admission tests, 41.29 percent of applicants failed to achieve even the minimum required score, with the lowest results recorded in Andijan region and the highest in Bukhara and Tashkent city..

Amendments to the Criminal, Criminal Procedure, and Penal Codes have been approved, allowing sentence reductions for inmates who demonstrate reform through reading..

On the morning of 28 August, the permanent population of Uzbekistan officially reached 38 million.

President laid a capsule in the foundation of the National Museum of Uzbekistan near the National Park. It was designed by Japanese bureau Tadao Ando Architect & Associates and German Atelier Brückner. Back in 2022, the project was planned as the new building of the State Museum of Arts.

Unemployed individuals, those without official income, and members of low-income families will be eligible to receive vouchers for free vocational or language training..

A new ecotourism complex will be developed on the territory of the South Surkhan Reservoir in Kumkurgan district. The project includes the creation of green zones, eco-friendly roads and infrastructure, as well as the introduction of a wastewater treatment system..

As part of the cultural program of the working visit, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the National Leader of the Turkmen People and Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, and President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev attended a special venue set up near the Avaza Congress Center.

A traffic accident involving two passenger buses occurred in Tashkent, resulting in one person being injured.

Uzbekistan has announced the start dates for the 2025/2026 academic year for universities and academic lyceums.

On 22 August, a 17-year-old boy tragically drowned in the Burdjar Canal in Tashkent. The incident occurred on the territory of the Seoul Mun shopping and entertainment complex, the press service of the General Prosecutor’s Office of Uzbekistan reported.

Two bloggers illegally entered Zaamin National Nature Park and carried out photo and video recordings of the local flora and fauna without the required permits. They are now required to pay a fine of nearly 10 million soums.

The Ministry of Culture has commented on the appearance of Minister Ozodbek Nazarbekov in a promotional video for Kokand University, emphasizing that it constitutes the dissemination of socially beneficial information, organically linked to educational activities, and does not serve a commercial purpose.