A total of 26 nikah registrars, commonly known as Kazis, will receive 10-day residential training on using software for online registration of marriages and divorces and other related matters from October 3 to 12 in the capital.
Ministry sources said the training will be held under the project titled “Civil Registration and Vital Statistics: Development of ICT Infrastructure for Marriage and Divorce Registration”, being implemented by the Law and Justice Division.
The 26 nikah registrars have been selected from different Unions under Sherpur, Gopalganj, Narail, Gazipur and Kishoreganj districts. Apart from these 26, names of another five have been kept on the waiting list.
The selected candidates have been asked to report by 5pm on October 2 to BRAC Learning Centre (BLC) at Niketon in Gulshan, where the training will take place.
The cost of the training will be covered from the funds allocated for the project under the approved Development Project Proposal (DPP) for the 2026-27 fiscal year.
The government has already decided to provide laptops, other digital devices and necessary training to nikah registrars in 102 Unions across 10 upazilas under a pilot project aimed at facilitating the digital registration of
marriages and divorces.
“If successful, the project will be expanded across the country based on the experience gained from its implementation,” Dr Md Rezaul Karim, spokesperson for the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, earlier told BSS.
The 10 selected upazilas are Kaliganj in Gazipur, Tungipara in Gopalganj, Jhenaigati in Sherpur, Kurigram Sadar, Sundarganj in Gaibandha, Narail Sadar, Kasba in Brahmanbaria, Sylhet Sadar, Chakaria in Cox’s Bazar and Kishoreganj Sadar.
The main aim of the project, titled “Civil Registration and Vital Statistics: Development of ICT Infrastructure for Marriage and Divorce Registration”, is to transform the marriage and divorce registration system from a manual process into a digital, online and interconnected system.
-BSS
