Briefing 2023-07-29

Papua New Guinea qualify for 2024 T20 WC
Papua New Guinea have qualified for the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup after beating Philippines by 100 runs in Port Moresby to guarantee a first-place finish in the East Asia-Pacific Qualifier. Quickfire fifties from Tony Ura, Assad Vala and Charles Amini laid the platform for PNG to post a total of 229 for 6. Page 13
Putin promises free grain at Africa summit
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday offered free grain to six African countries as he launched a summit with leaders from the continent days after withdrawing from the Ukraine grain export deal. The two-day summit in Putin's native Saint Petersburg is being scrutinized as a test of his support in Africa, where he retains backing despite international isolation sparked by his military intervention in Ukraine. Page 14
Govt moves to explore direct export market
With the surplus production capacities of garment accessories and packaging products, Bangladesh is making efforts to explore export potentials of the items worldwide. The government has asked the country's 18 missions abroad to explore potentials to increase earnings from the subsector that mainly supplies to local readymade garments factories as deemed exporters, and has recently started exporting to other countries. Page 16