Death registration certificate

Death registration is part of Bangladesh’s official birth and death registration system. The record is made through the relevant registrar. Current services run on BDRIS, under the Office of the Registrar General, Birth and Death Registration. Starting an application online does not mean every later step finishes on one website. getBangla does not issue or print a death certificate. Birth registration is a separate guide: birth registration.

Last updated: 2026-09-24

Typical path

Keep the registration number and the date of death — The official death-record verification form asks for a 17-digit death registration number and the date of death. It does not offer a name-only search.
BDRIS is the service system; ORGBDR is the office — BDRIS is the Birth and Death Registration Information System: applications, corrections, copy requests and verification start there. orgbdr.gov.bd is the website of the Office of the Registrar General, Birth and Death Registration — notices and the office, not a second application portal. getBangla is an independent information site. Apply on the government portal. If a fee applies, pay it only on that portal or at the relevant registrar office.
The deceased’s identity and the informant — The current online application starts with the deceased’s birth registration number and date of birth. It then asks for the date and place of death and the informant’s relationship. Where it applies, the form asks for the informant’s birth registration number or NID — this page does not say NID is mandatory in every case. The registrar is the authorised officer of the city corporation, pourashava, union, cantonment, or, where it applies, a Bangladesh mission. A hospital is not itself the registrar’s office. Under the Act, the medical officer of the hospital where the death occurred may send the information; the certificate is issued by the registrar.
Keep the certificate for succession and banks — Where it is needed, a death registration certificate may be asked for in inheritance administration, mutation, a bank or insurance claim, or another government or private process. This page does not say every bank, inheritance file or mutation asks for the same document.

Who gives the information, and which office

Under section 8(2) of the Birth and Death Registration Act, 2004, as amended in 2013, the deceased’s son or daughter, or a guardian, or a prescribed person, must give the death information to the registrar within 45 days of the death. If that period has passed, section 13 allows a later registration under the prescribed procedure and fee. This page does not state the fee.

Section 9 allows certain officials to send birth or death information to the registrar. That list includes the medical officer of a government or private hospital, clinic or similar institution where the death occurred, the jail authority, and the officer-in-charge of the police station for an unidentified body in a public place. Sending information is not the same as being the registrar. Section 4 names the registrar: an authorised officer of the city corporation, pourashava, union parishad or cantonment board, or, for a death abroad, an officer authorised by the Bangladesh mission.

The current BDRIS death-registration form asks the applicant to choose a relationship, including father, mother, spouse, son, daughter or other. A copy application shows its own relationship list. Follow the options on the form you are using, together with the Act and the current instruction.

What the certificate is used for next

It may be needed for a bank, insurance or other inheritance or claim process. Whether a particular desk asks for it depends on that process.
Death registration and mutation are different government processes. An inheritance-related mutation has its own application and supporting papers under the current land-service rules. A death certificate can be one supporting paper where that case requires it. Registering the death does not itself complete the mutation. The land record is handled on the land portals, not on BDRIS.
The registration number printed on the certificate is what the current verification form calls a 17-digit death registration number. If you do not have that number, ask the relevant registrar office. The public verification form does not search by name.

Official links

BDRIS (Birth and Death Registration Information System) — Applications, corrections and copy requests
Death registration verification — 17-digit death registration number and date of death
Office of the Registrar General, Birth and Death Registration — The office’s website: notices and the authority, not the application form

Source: Office of the Registrar General, Birth and Death Registration (BDRIS)

FAQ

Can I search a death record by name only?

No. The official verification form asks for a 17-digit death registration number and the date of death. It does not offer a name-only search.

Is this the same site as birth registration?

Birth and death registration are both part of the official system run through BDRIS, under the Office of the Registrar General. The application steps are not the same. Birth registration is explained on the birth registration page.

Can I print the certificate from getBangla?

No. getBangla does not issue or print a government death certificate. A copy is requested through the official BDRIS process or the relevant registrar office, under the current instruction. This page does not say a certificate can be downloaded instantly.

Do I need this before mutation?

A death registration record can be an important supporting paper in an inheritance-related mutation. Whether it is required depends on that mutation case and the current land-office rules. Death registration does not itself complete mutation. See e-porcha / namjari.

What papers are needed to register a death?

It depends on the case. The current online application looks up the deceased with a birth registration number and date of birth, then asks for the death details, the informant’s relationship and, where it applies, identity numbers. Attachments are the image files that application shows. Follow that list. This page does not give one document list for every death.

Who can register a death?

Section 8(2) of the Birth and Death Registration Act, 2004 requires the deceased’s son or daughter, or a guardian, or a prescribed person, to give the information to the registrar. Section 9 also allows certain officials, including a hospital medical officer where the death occurred, to send information. The current BDRIS form asks the applicant to select a relationship. The registrar remains the relevant local office, not the hospital.

How do I correct a mistake on a death registration?

Correction is a separate application on BDRIS. It starts with the death registration number and the date of death. Which supporting papers are needed depends on the correction and the current official instruction.

How soon after a death must it be registered?

Section 8(2) of the Act, as amended in 2013, requires the information to be given to the registrar within 45 days of the death. If that time has passed, a later registration follows the prescribed delayed process. This page does not state a fee or a processing time.

What if an older death registration is not online?

The public verification form only checks a record that is in the system, using a 17-digit number and the date of death. If an older paper is not accepted there, ask the relevant registrar office whether that record is in BDRIS. This page does not say every old certificate must be registered again.

Where do I find the death registration number?

On the death registration certificate or record issued by the registrar. The current verification form asks for the 17-digit number used in the present system. If you do not have it, ask the registrar office that holds the record.

Where do I verify a death registration?

On the official BDRIS verification page: death registration verification. Enter the 17-digit death registration number and the date of death. Open it from BDRIS, not from an unofficial site.