Parliament has unanimously resolved to urge the government to prohibit internet service providers from prescribing expiry dates on internet bundles purchased by customers. The motion was moved by UPND Nalikwanda Member of Parliament Geoffrey Lungwangwa and seconded by PF Kasama central Member of Parliament Kelvin Sampa. And winding up debate on the Motion, Transport and Communications Minister Mutotwe Kafwaya says ...

Antoine Griezmann’s move to Barcelona could be blocked in a row over the fee, La Liga president Javier Tebas says. Atletico Madrid complained after Barca announced they had signed the France forward, having activated his 120m euro (£107m) release clause on 12 July. The clause dropped from 200m to 120m euros on 1 July, but Atleti claim the deal was ...

Comedian and broadcaster Sir Michael Palin is to have surgery to fix a “leaky valve” in his heart. The Monty Python member discovered a problem with his mitral valve – a small flap that stops blood flowing the wrong way around the heart – five years ago. It had not affected his general fitness until earlier this year, he said. ...

Boris Johnson has said he wants to “change the country for the better” after he became the UK’s new prime minister. Speaking outside Downing Street, he said the UK would leave the EU on 31 October “no ifs, no buts”, adding: “The buck stops with me.” “The doubters, the doomsters, the gloomsters” who said it could not be done were ...

The Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) says Zambia has little choice, but to increasingly embrace Agriculture Value Chain Development as a platform for spurring economic growth and addressing the challenge of rural poverty. Speaking at the stakeholders dialogue meeting on linkages between agriculture and manufacturing/value chain addition and its potential for national development, JCTR Programme Manager Innocent Ndashe says ...

The opposition UPND says its candidate in the Kamabilumbu ward by-election in Kaoma who has resigned to join the ruling Patriotic Front has been bought. UPND candidate Misheck Mundandwe yesterday, 23rd July,23019 wrote to the returning officer announcing his resignation stating that he had been advised to work with President Edgar Lungu. But UPND Secretary General Stephen Katuka has told ...

The opposition Rainbow Party has given government the backing to table the Constitution Amendment Bill 2019 in Parliament as adopted by the National Dialogue Forum (NDF). Party Secretary General Wynter Kabimba says having participated in the NDF, his party stands by all the resolutions adopted by the forum. Mr. Kabimba says his party particularly supports the reintroduction of the position ...

Russian boxer Maxim Dadashev has died at the age of 28 following injuries suffered in his IBF light-welterweight fight against Subriel Matias. Dadashev was reportedly unable to walk to the dressing room after his bout was stopped by trainer Buddy McGirt at the end of the 11th round on Friday. He was hospitalised with bleeding on the brain and underwent ...

The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has shouted “action” on the epic six-month saga that is film awards season, with the announcement of its first wave of movies. Among the Oscar hopefuls showing at Toronto in the first half of September will be Renee Zellweger’s Judy Garland biopic and Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker origin story. The World War Two comedy Jojo ...

Boris Johnson will begin the process of forming his government later after he succeeds Theresa May as prime minister. The new Conservative leader will take office on Wednesday afternoon following an audience with the Queen at Buckingham Palace. After entering Downing Street, he is expected to announce a clutch of senior cabinet posts, including chancellor of the exchequer and home ...