, Feb. 10 -- Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Md Tazul Islam said on Saturday that Dhaka is one of the most populous cities in the world, where delivery of civic amenities around the city is faced with various challenges due to unplanned urbanization.

"We have to work step-by-step to solve these problems," the minister was speaking at a seminar titled "Dhaka Traffic Congestion: Impact of Metrorail and Expressway" at CIRDAP Auditorium.

The government has been gradually implementing various projects to make Dhaka a modern city under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina since 2009.

"As a result of this, now we have got high-speed Metrorail, Expressway in Dhaka," he added.

Pointing out that all the p...