Dhaka, Nov. 7 -- The Government of Bangladesh is committed to ensuring universal birth and death registration by 2030, however the limitations in the existing law and its weak implementation act as main obstacles to achieving this goal. Experts and journalists have stressed the need for amending and strictly implementing the law. These observations were made at a two-day journalists' workshop titled "Birth and Death Registration in Bangladesh: Progress, Challenges, and Way Forward", held on 05-06 November 2025 at Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA) Bhaban, Dhaka.
The workshop was organized by PROGGA (Knowledge for Progress) with support from Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI). A total of 30 journalists from print, television, and onl...