Abstract: The present disclosure provides a mobile terminal, having a plurality of applications, and for receiving notifications of the plurality of applications, includes: a first display area, displayed on a screen of the mobile terminal, and configured to display the received notifications; and a container icon, generated in response to the number of the received notifications being more than one, and displayed in the first display area, the container icon being configured to accommodate the notifications of the plurality of applications. The present disclosure further provides a method for displaying a notification on the mobile terminal.