Agri tech gaining popularity With a modern rice transplanter, a farmer transfers Boro seedlings into a piece of cropland. Left, the seedlings ready for transplanting were grown using the tray method. Boro seeds take a month to mature into seedlings. The photos were taken in Barguna’s Amtali on Friday. Photo: Star

Agri tech gaining popularity With a modern rice transplanter, a farmer transfers Boro seedlings into a piece of cropland. Left, the seedlings ready for transplanting were grown using the tray method. Boro seeds take a month to mature into seedlings. The photos were taken in Barguna’s Amtali on Friday. Photo: Star

Firefighters battling a massive blaze that broke out at a warehouse of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) in Narayanganj yesterday around 1:15pm. After six hours of frantic efforts, nine fire engines doused the flames around 7:30pm. Photo: Star

CLOGGED BEYOND RECOGNITION…Once a vital drainage channel, the Ramchandrapur canal in Mohammadpur now resembles a landfill. Neglect and rampant dumping have turned the waterway into a source of misery for residents facing waterlogging, health risks, and an unbearable stench. The photo was taken recently. Photo: Rashed Shumon