Dhaka, April 26 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman directs authorities to ensure rapid rehabilitation of street vendors evicted from roads across the crammed capital city, stressing coordinated action to provide them with viable alternatives.

The directive came Saturday during a meeting held at the Prime Minister's Office, said a spokesman for the PMO.

Senior officials from the Local Government Division, Dhaka North City Corporation, Dhaka South City Corporation, Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha, and the Dhaka Metropolitan Police were present.

"The prime minister instructed the relevant ministries and agencies to jointly identify alternative locations without delay."

He has emphasized that the displaced vendors "must be relocated to places...