Barcelona will not be allowed to sign any players in 2015 after their appeal against a transfer ban was dismissed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The Spanish club was handed a 14-month ban in April after being found guilty of breaching Fifa’s rules on the transfer of players aged under 18. Fifa rejected an appeal in August but ...

The Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal says it has handled 85 appeal cases from October 2012 to December 2014. Speaking at a media briefing in Lusaka today, CCPC head of tribunal secretariat Healey Mweemba says 75% of the total filed cases were consumer related cases, while 25% were competition in nature. Mr. Mweemba notes that prominent among the cases were ...

The ruling Patriotic Front (PF) in Mbala District in Northern Province has called on Kasama Central Member of Parliament Geoffrey Mwamba to resign from the party and form his own party. Addressing journalists in Mbala this morning, Mbala District Chairperson Matilda Lungu says Mr. Mwamba was wrong to insinuate that PF members in Northern Province have endorsed the candidature of ...

The Drug Enforcement Commission during the Christmas period arrested over sixty (60) people countrywide for unlawful cultivation and trafficking in various quantities of cannabis. Commission Public Relations Officer Theresa Katongo says among those arrested is George Matoka, 35, a peasant farmer of Mub’anga area in Kabompo District for unlawful cultivation of fresh cannabis plants weighing 676kg, Esther Kunda, 38, a ...

The Zambian Voice has challenged Patriotic Front President Edgar Lungu to show transparency by giving the Zambian people the details of his travels and the people giving him money for campaigns. Executive Director Chilufya Tayali in a media statement says it has been repeated overtime that the PF is sourcing money from well-wishers, but this is not enough to assure ...

Luise Rainer, Hollywood golden era Oscar winner, dies aged 104 Actress Luise Rainer, who became the first winner of consecutive Oscars in the 1930s, has died at the age of 104. The German-born star was named best actress in 1936 and 1937 – a feat achieved by only five actors in Academy Awards history to date. Her achievement made her ...

Two Albanian seamen have been killed on a tugboat while towing the fire-stricken Norman Atlantic ferry. Both men died after being hit by a connecting cable between the vessels on Tuesday, Albanian officials say. At least 10 people were killed and more than 400 were rescued, after fire broke out on the ferry in stormy seas. It is unclear how ...

Patriotic Front President Edgar Lungu has asked for forgiveness from the people of Northern Province for keeping them waiting for three days before addressing  scheduled rallies in the province, saying he went to source for funds. And business came to a standstill in Mpulungu District today after the PF President’s convoy was leaving Mpulungu after a successful rally at Muzabwela ...

Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda says the country’s economy in 2014 has remained strong with preliminary real GDP growth of 6 percent; making Zambia the seventh and tenth fastest growing economy in sub-Saharan Africa and the world, respectively. Mr Chikwanda in his year end state of the economy statement made available to QFM News says this is consistent with the ongoing ...

The Bank of Zambia has officially launched guidelines for regulating Islamic Banking in the country. The Islamic Finance guidelines which have been established under Government Gazette Notice No. 716 of 2014 are to be issued to licensed banks intending to offer Islamic banking through window operations and institutions which may be granted Islamic banking licenses to conduct Islamic banking business. ...