An assessment of the Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) system in Bangladesh was undertaken to identify gaps. Following this process, a CRVS Strategic Action Plan has also been developed. The activities were carried out from September 2012 to December 2013. Under the Bangladesh Country Accountability Framework (CAF) developed based on the basis of WHO global template in relation to recommendations of the Commission on Information and Accountability (COIA) for Women’s and Children’s Health, the CRVS Assessment Report and Strategic Action Plan were further reviewed in December 2013 to align them with the COIA-CAF. This document is the final version of the work