National Birth, Death Registration Day to be observed on Oct 6

The Cabinet on Monday approved a proposal for observing every 6th October as the National Birth and Death Registration Day in order to promote the death registration as well.

In the past, the 6th of October was observed as only the Birth Registration Day. The proposal got approval at the weekly Cabinet meeting held at the Secretariat with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.

The Premier joined the meeting virtually from her official residence Ganabhaban, while her Cabinet colleagues attended the meeting at Cabinet Room in the Bangladesh Secretariat.

“This proposal has been brought as we need death registration in many cases like birth registration,” said Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam at a press briefing.

According to Clause-8 of the Birth and Death Registration Act, 2004, it is mandatory to register birth or death within the subsequent 45 days.

“So, they (the authority concerned) want to observe the day to make it (the birth and death registration) more effective, aware common people and workers (engaged in registration services) as well as make them more conscious on it,” said the Cabinet Secretary.

He said there is also a target of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for enhancing both birth and death registration rates at 80 percent by 2030. But Bangladesh would be able to attain the target before 2030, said Anwarul Islam.