Land Due Diligence in Bangladesh: How to Verify Title Before You Buy in 2026

Land due diligence in Bangladesh: what a buyer must verify in 2026

Land due diligence in Bangladesh is the work done before any money moves to prove three things: that the seller can pass title, that the land on paper is the land on the ground, and that nobody else (a bank, a co-sharer, a court, a developer or the State) has a claim that will outlive the sale. A registered deed does not answer those questions. It records a transaction; it does not certify that the transaction was lawful. Since 2004 the law has made several kinds of defective sale void outright, and since 2023 it has made some of them crimes.

This guide sets out the method we use. It covers how to read the CS, SA, RS and BS khatian chain, what to look for in the mutation khatian, DCR and land development tax record, how registry and encumbrance searches work, how to rule out khas, vested and acquisition claims, the RAJUK and planning checks, the physical survey, the risks in buying from an attorney, and what the 2026 e-land services can and cannot tell you. Where a TRW guide already covers a stage in depth, such as mutation or registration costs, we link to it rather than repeat it.

Summary: A buyer should not pay a meaningful advance until four sets of records agree: the registered deeds for at least twenty-five years, the successive survey khatians down to the latest one, the seller's mutation khatian and land development tax receipts, and the land itself as measured against the mouza map. The searches then test for what the records do not show: mortgages, bainas, powers of attorney, pending cases, government claims and planning restrictions.

Key point: Section 53C of the Transfer of Property Act 1882 makes a sale void unless the seller, or for inherited land the seller's predecessor, appears in the latest khatian. Section 6(3) of the Land Crime Prevention and Remedy Act 2023 goes further: a person without the latest operative khatian and proof of up-to-date land development tax cannot sell, gift, execute a power of attorney or register a deed for the land.

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What land due diligence in Bangladesh has to prove

Every purchase turns on three questions. Does this seller own what he is selling, in the share he claims? Is the plot in the deed the plot he is showing you? Is it free of rights that will bind you after registration? Land due diligence in Bangladesh answers each one from primary records rather than from the seller's file.

The work is necessary because title is not guaranteed by the State. The record of rights, the registered deeds and the revenue record are kept by different offices and are not automatically reconciled. A plot can be mutated in one name, surveyed in another and registered to a third. No single document settles ownership; consistency across all of them does.

Why a registered deed is not enough

Registration proves that a document was presented, admitted and copied into the register. It does not prove that the executant had title. The sub-registrar checks that the particulars required by section 52A of the Registration Act 1908 are attached, including the latest khatian, a boundary map, a twenty-five-year ownership summary and the executant's affidavit of title.[2] Those particulars are supplied by the seller. If they are false, the deed is still registered, and the buyer inherits the dispute.

What this guide covers

The method applies to agricultural, homestead and urban land, whether the buyer is an individual or a company. Flats add a developer and an approved building; see our guide to buying an apartment in Dhaka. For the whole transaction, see our roadmap to buying property in Bangladesh.

The rules that make a defective purchase void

Since 2004, the Transfer of Property Act 1882 has contained four short provisions that turn due diligence failures into void transactions rather than mere disputes.[1] Every check later in this guide maps back to one of them.

• Section 53B. While a contract for sale subsists, the property cannot be transferred to anyone except the vendee unless the contract is lawfully rescinded. A transfer made otherwise is void.
• Section 53C. No one may sell unless his name, or for inherited land his name or his predecessor's name, appears in the latest khatian prepared under the State Acquisition and Tenancy Act 1950. A sale made otherwise is void.
• Section 53D. Property under a registered mortgage cannot be sold or re-mortgaged without the mortgagee's written consent. A sale made otherwise is void.
• Section 53E. Every instrument of sale, gift, mortgage and heba must be supported by the executant's affidavit of lawful title.

Section 52, the lis pendens rule, adds a fifth. While a non-collusive suit in which a right to the property is directly in question is pending, no party can transfer the property so as to affect the other parties' rights under the eventual decree, except with the court's authority. Pendency runs from the plaint until the decree is fully satisfied or becomes time-barred for execution.[1] A buyer during that period takes subject to the outcome.

The 2023 overlay: the record and the tax

The Land Crime Prevention and Remedy Act 2023 links any transfer to an up-to-date record. Under section 6(3), a person who does not hold the latest operative khatian prepared or updated under section 143 or 144 of the 1950 Act, and who cannot show proof of up-to-date land development tax, cannot sell, gift, make a heba of or otherwise transfer the land, execute a power of attorney over it or register a deed for it.[4] The Act also makes land fraud, including transferring land while concealing information or transferring more than one's own share, and land forgery offences punishable with up to seven years' imprisonment and a fine.[4]

A seller who cannot produce the latest khatian and current tax receipts in his own name is not ready to sell, whatever his deeds say. The drafting consequences are covered in our guide to the sale deed in Bangladesh.

Reading the khatian chain: CS, SA, RS and BS records

The khatian is the record of rights. It lists, for each holding in a mouza, the owners or tenants, their shares, the plot (dag) numbers, the area and class of each plot, and the rent or tax payable. Most land in Bangladesh appears in several generations of khatian, each prepared by a separate survey and settlement operation. The core of land due diligence in Bangladesh is tracing the plot through every one of them.

The four generations of record

The Cadastral Survey (CS) was the first plot-by-plot record, carried out under the Bengal Tenancy Act 1885 and the Survey Act 1875; it began in 1888 and was completed in 1940. The State Acquisition (SA) record followed the abolition of zamindari under the State Acquisition and Tenancy Act 1950, prepared district by district from the mid-1950s into the 1960s. The Revisional Survey (RS) revised the record under section 144 of the 1950 Act and has been finally published in some districts and not in others.[7]

In much of the country a later revision, the BS (Bangladesh Survey) record, and in Dhaka the City Survey record, now sits on top of the RS. A single Dhaka plot is therefore commonly described by an SA plot and khatian number, a corresponding RS plot and khatian number and a corresponding City Survey plot and khatian number, as the High Court Division's description of a Wari plot in Writ Petition No 2983 of 2019 illustrates.[9] Your deeds and khatians must let you walk that chain without a gap.

What each record is worth as evidence

The records do not carry equal weight. CS entries finally published under the Bengal Tenancy Act are evidence and have long been treated as raising a presumption in favour of the recorded owner. The SA record, by contrast, carries no statutory presumption of correctness and is evidence of possession rather than title.[7] Every entry in a record of rights prepared or revised under section 144 is evidence of the matter recorded and is presumed correct until proved otherwise.[3] That presumption attaches only once the record has been finally published.[7]

A seller who appears only in an older record, with the latest finally published record in someone else's name, therefore starts with the presumption against him.

Tracing the plot from record to record

Plot numbers change between surveys, and plots are split and merged. The tool for tracing them is the mouza map of each survey, read together with the khatians. Obtain certified copies of the khatian and map for each generation, then build a correspondence table: CS plot to SA plot to RS plot to BS or city plot, with the area of the land being sold in each. Under the Ministry of Land's published fees, a certified or online khatian copy costs Tk 120 and a mouza map Tk 545 per sheet.[8]

Discrepancies that should stop the deal

• The seller, or his predecessor for inherited land, is absent from the latest khatian.
• The area or share in the latest khatian is smaller than the area being sold.
• The plot is recorded in the latest survey under a different land class, such as a pond, road or khas land, from the one in the deeds.
• A stranger appears as co-owner, or the latest record shows a different person in possession.
• The plot numbers in the deeds cannot be traced to the current mouza map.

Some of these are curable. A wrong entry in the last finally published record can be challenged in the Land Survey Tribunal under section 145A of the 1950 Act.[3] Clerical errors can sometimes be corrected by the Assistant Commissioner (Land). Correction belongs to the seller, before completion. Our guide to khatian correction in Bangladesh explains the forums and time limits.

Mutation khatian, DCR and land development tax

The survey khatian records the position at the date of the survey. Transfers after that date are reflected in the record only through mutation (namjari), which opens a new khatian in the transferee's name. For a seller who bought after the latest survey, the mutation khatian is the latest khatian for the purposes of section 53C and the 2023 Act.

Three documents travel together. The mutation khatian shows the holding in the seller's name. The DCR, the duplicate carbon receipt for the mutation fee, confirms that the mutation was completed and paid for. The land development tax receipts (dakhila) show that tax has been paid on that holding. How mutation is applied for, what it costs and how it is challenged are covered in our guide to land mutation in Bangladesh. The due diligence point is narrower: confirm that all three exist, match each other and match the deeds.

What to check in the mutation record

• The mutation case number and the order of the Assistant Commissioner (Land), and whether any objection or appeal was filed against it.
• That the area mutated equals the area the seller acquired, and that the land class recorded matches the latest survey.
• That the mutation was made on the deed or succession the seller relies on, not on a different instrument.
• For inherited land, whether the heirs mutated jointly or separately, and whether the seller's share is identified.

Land development tax arrears follow the land

Land development tax for each year is payable without penalty by 30 June. If three consecutive years remain unpaid, the arrears carry a penalty of 6.25 per cent a year and may be recovered by certificate case under the Public Demands Recovery Act 1913. A claim for land development tax is never time-barred.[5] A buyer who inherits a holding with arrears inherits the demand. Insist on receipts up to the current year, verify them online, and treat a pending certificate case as an encumbrance.

Registry searches at the sub-registry

The khatian shows who the State records as owner; the sub-registry shows what that owner and his predecessors have signed. A sale, mortgage or baina after the last mutation will not appear in the revenue record at all.

What the registers show

Every registration office keeps Book 1, the register of non-testamentary documents relating to immovable property, in which sales, gifts, mortgages, leases and other registered instruments are entered.[2] Book 1 and its indexes are open to inspection by any person on payment of the fee, and copies of entries must be given to any applicant.[2] A search is made by name and by property, mouza and plot, for each year of the search period, in the sub-registry where the land lies and, for older records, in the district registry record room.

Building the twenty-five-year chain

Section 52A requires the sale deed itself to contain a brief description of ownership for the last twenty-five years.[2] Treat that as the minimum period, not the target. The chain should run back to a root of title that ties into a finally published survey record, which in many cases means going behind twenty-five years to the deed or succession that matches the RS or SA entry.

Obtain certified copies of each link from the registry yourself, then test it. Was the executant the recorded owner at the time? Did he transfer the same plot and area? Were all co-sharers or heirs parties? Is there a later deed by the same executant over the same plot?

What the registry cannot tell you

The registry records only what was presented to it. It will not show an unregistered agreement made before section 17A came into force, an inheritance, an oral partition among co-sharers, or a sale registered in another sub-district by mistake. Since 2026, a contract for sale must be registered within sixty days of execution, which makes bainas more visible than they were.[2] The other gaps must be filled from succession documents, revenue records and the physical inspection.

Encumbrance checks: mortgages, bainas, leases and cases

An encumbrance is any right in or over the land that survives a sale. Land due diligence in Bangladesh treats the following as the core list, each with its own search.

• Registered mortgages. A sale without the mortgagee's written consent is void under section 53D.[1] The registry search will show the mortgage deed; the buyer then needs the lender's written consent to the sale and a registered release on payment. Our guide to the mortgage deed in Bangladesh covers redemption.
• Subsisting bainas. A registered contract for sale in favour of someone else blocks the sale under section 53B until it is lawfully rescinded.[1]
• Powers of attorney. A registered irrevocable power of attorney for sale or development may already have handed the right to sell to an agent or developer. See the section on attorneys below.
• Leases and tenancies. A lease runs with the land. Ask who is cultivating or occupying it and on what terms.
• Court cases. Civil suits for title, partition, specific performance or injunction; Land Survey Tribunal suits; writs; and criminal cases under the 2023 Act. Under section 52, a pending suit binds the buyer to the eventual decree.[1]
• Revenue and loan recovery. Land development tax certificate cases, and attachment orders in loan recovery proceedings where the owner is a borrower.

The promised single database is not yet usable

Section 23 of the 2023 Act requires the government to build an interoperable database covering government land, land in civil and criminal cases, land mortgaged to banks and financial institutions, and transfer, survey, registration and record data.[4] When it works, it will collapse most of the searches above into one. Until then, each search must be made forum by forum, and the seller's written disclosure of every case and charge, backed by a warranty, remains essential.

Government claims: khas, vested, abandoned and acquired land

The most expensive surprises come from the State. Land recorded or claimed as government land cannot be cured by a private deed, and the burden of proving title falls on the owner, so land due diligence in Bangladesh includes a specific check for each category of State claim.

Khas land

Khas land is land vested in and at the disposal of the government, and it is usually recorded in the Collector's khas khatian. A plot that appears in that khatian in the latest survey, or that sits on newly accreted char land, should be treated as unsaleable until the seller has displaced the entry. Our guide to khas land in Bangladesh explains how private land ends up recorded as khas and how such entries are challenged.

Vested and abandoned property

Vested property lists gazetted under the Vested Property Return Act 2001 still affect titles, particularly in older urban areas. The courts have held that no property can be listed as vested on the strength of the enemy property law after its repeal on 23 March 1974. In Writ Petition No 2983 of 2019, decided on 23 January 2024, the High Court Division declared a 2012 Ka-list entry for a Dhaka plot unlawful because the vested property case behind it began in 1977.[9] A listing can be removed, but it takes time. Check the gazetted lists and the abandoned buildings list for the mouza before signing.

Acquisition notices

Land needed for a public purpose or in the public interest is acquired under the Acquisition and Requisition of Immovable Property Act 2017, which starts with a notice published by the Deputy Commissioner on or near the property; acquisition for a private person or organisation needs prior government approval.[10] Ask the land acquisition branch of the Deputy Commissioner's office whether the plot falls within any pending or completed acquisition case, and look for project alignments such as roads, railways and economic zones. Our guide to land acquisition in Bangladesh covers compensation and objections.

Roads, railways and water bodies

Land recorded as a canal, pond, waterway, road or passage is treated differently even where planning documents propose another use.[14] Railway, Water Development Board and roads land is held by those agencies under their own laws. If the latest khatian or map shows any of these classes, the plot is unlikely to be buildable whoever holds the deeds.

RAJUK and planning checks

Clean title to land that cannot lawfully be used as intended is a poor investment. In Dhaka, RAJUK administers the Detailed Area Plan (DAP) 2022–2035, which assigns land use and permitted building intensity area by area. A revised DAP gazette was published on 14 October 2026; among other changes it gave residential plots of at least 334.45 square metres in Purbachal and Jhilmil an extra 0.5 floor area ratio, with six months to submit plans to RAJUK.[14] The same revision changed the use of specific Ailbahar mouza plots and kept recorded land classes in place until city survey records are corrected, which shows how plot-specific these changes are.[14]

What to verify for an urban site

• The DAP land use zone of the specific plot, and whether it lies in a flood-flow, open-space or water-body overlay.
• Any existing land use clearance, building plan approval and occupancy certificate, verified directly with RAJUK or the relevant authority rather than accepted from the seller.
• For RAJUK allotment plots and flats, the lease terms, transfer permission and any outstanding dues to the authority.
• Road width and access, which drive permitted height under the DAP.

Outside RAJUK's area, the equivalent checks run through the local development authority, city corporation, pourashava or building committee, and through the 2026 national land use and spatial planning statutes. Our guide to land use regulations in Bangladesh sets out that framework, including protected cropland and water bodies.

The physical survey and possession

Paper and ground diverge more often than buyers expect. A plot that is perfect on the khatian may be partly occupied by a neighbour, cut by a public path or a different shape from the deed schedule.

Measure against the mouza map

Instruct an independent surveyor (amin) to locate the plot on the latest mouza map, measure it, fix the boundaries against neighbouring plot numbers and produce a sketch with measurements. Compare the result with the area in the latest khatian and the deed schedule. Section 52A requires the sale deed to attach a map of the property with its boundaries, so the survey also produces a drafting input.[2] Where the seller's surveyor and yours disagree, resolve it before completion, not after.

Find out who is in possession

Visit the land, unannounced if possible, and ask neighbours, cultivators and the union land office who works it, who pays the tax and whether anyone else claims it. An occupier with no deed may still have rights, and removing him may require a suit. The 2023 Act protects lawful possession: no one entitled to possession may be dispossessed without the order of a competent court or authority, and a person unlawfully dispossessed may apply to the Executive Magistrate, who must decide within three months.[4]

Co-sharers and the pre-emption risk

If you are buying a share of a holding from one co-sharer, the others may be able to take it from you. Under section 96 of the 1950 Act, a co-sharer tenant by inheritance may apply to court within two months of notice of the sale, or of knowledge of it, to have the share sold to him, on depositing the price, 25 per cent compensation and 8 per cent annual interest; no application lies more than three years after registration.[3] Where pre-emption is possible, buy the whole holding, obtain the co-sharers' written no-objection, or price the risk.

Power of attorney risks

Many sales, particularly by owners living abroad, are executed by an attorney. The Power of Attorney Act 2012 defines an irrevocable power of attorney as one given to sell immovable property, sign a contract for sale, mortgage it against a loan, or develop land in exchange for consideration.[6] These carry most of the risk in a purchase.

What the law requires

An irrevocable power of attorney must be registered, and the section 52A particulars apply to it. It must state clearly the grantor's purpose and the attorney's duties and powers, and must carry photographs and national identity card copies of both parties. A power executed abroad must be authenticated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs after it first arrives in Bangladesh and then stamped by the Collector.[6] Section 6(3) of the 2023 Act adds that a person without the latest khatian and current tax receipts cannot execute a power of attorney over the land at all.[4]

Amendments to the Power of Attorney Rules 2015 reported in November 2025 allow expatriate grantors to identify themselves with a foreign passport bearing a No Visa Required sticker, a national identity card or a birth certificate, require the Bangladesh mission's authentication abroad, and require the authenticated document to reach Bangladesh within six months. Since March 2023, appointing or cancelling an attorney for a RAJUK plot or flat has also needed RAJUK's prior approval.[13]

How powers of attorney fail

• Termination. A general power of attorney ends on the grantor's death, insanity or insolvency, and can be revoked by thirty days' notice by registered post.[6] A sale by an attorney whose grantor has died is open to challenge by the heirs.
• Suspension. An irrevocable development power can be terminated on thirty days' notice where its purpose is frustrated, with a copy sent to the sub-registry; once notice is served, its effect is suspended until the dispute is resolved.[6]
• Scope. The power covers management or mortgage but not sale, or sale but not receipt of the price.
• Forgery and impersonation. The grantor never signed it, or signed it for a different plot.

Obtain a certified copy of the registered power, confirm it covers this plot, sale and receipt of the price, confirm the grantor is alive and has not revoked it, and speak to the grantor where possible. Pay into the grantor's own account, not the attorney's. Our guide to the power of attorney in Bangladesh covers execution abroad in detail.

Inherited land and multiple sellers

Inherited land is the most common source of title defects. Section 53C allows an heir to sell where the predecessor's name appears in the latest khatian.[1] But an heir can sell only his own share, and section 6(3) of the 2023 Act speaks of the latest khatian in the transferor's name, so in practice buyers should insist that heirs complete mutation before selling.[4]

Prove every heir and share with the death certificate, a warish certificate and the family tree, checked against the applicable personal law. If the heirs have not partitioned by registered deed or decree, buy from all of them in one deed. Our guide to inheritance law in Bangladesh explains how shares are calculated.

Where the records are held

No single office holds the file. The searches run across at least six offices, each holding a different part of the record.

A land due diligence workflow, step by step

The order matters as much as the checks. The early steps are cheap and kill most bad deals; the later ones cost more and should not start until the records agree.

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Keep one correspondence table throughout, listing each deed, khatian, map sheet and receipt against the plot numbers and areas it covers. Most title defects show up as a cell that does not match.

Red flags in land due diligence in Bangladesh

The table below links each check to the document that answers it and the red flag that should pause the transaction. On a phone, scroll it sideways.

E-land services for land due diligence in Bangladesh in 2026

Most of these records can now be ordered or checked online. Khatians and mouza maps can be ordered through the e-porcha service, mutation is applied for and tracked through the e-mutation system, and land development tax is paid and verified electronically, with all service fees payable online and the 16122 hotline available to report demands for extra payment.[8]

On 19 May 2026 the Prime Minister opened the Land Service Fair 2026, where the government launched a mobile app called "Bhumi" for land services and reported 893 land service assistance centres operating in 61 districts, with plans to extend them to every union.[11] On the registration side, the Land Registration System Automation project, launched on 1 July 2025 and running to June 2030, is building unified registration software, and the Law Minister told Parliament on 30 April 2026 that online deed registration is expected in the second half of 2027 or the first half of 2028.[12] Section 77A of the Registration Act, inserted in 2026, already authorises digital registration once rules are made.[2]

What online records cannot do

Online records are a starting point, not a substitute. The online khatian may lag a recent mutation or correction, registered deeds are not yet comprehensively searchable online, and court cases, acquisition files and vested lists sit in separate systems. Use the portals to order certified copies and test the seller's documents quickly, then verify against the certified records.

Turning findings into protection

The due diligence report

A useful report on land due diligence in Bangladesh states the title chain in one table, lists each search and its result, and classifies every defect as cured, curable before completion or fatal. It attaches the certified copies relied on and the surveyor's sketch, and becomes the evidence in any later dispute.

Carrying findings into the baina and deed

• Seller warranties on title, share, possession, absence of encumbrances, cases and government claims, and payment of tax.
• Conditions precedent for curable defects, such as mutation by heirs, mortgage release or khatian correction, with a long-stop date.
• A modest advance tied to verified title, with the balance paid by pay order or bank transfer at registration.
• Clear refund and default terms. The baina must be registered within sixty days of execution.[2]

Budget registration costs separately: registration fee, stamp duty, local government tax and area-based source tax are explained with worked examples in our guide to property registration fees in Bangladesh. The baina itself is covered in our guide to the baina deed in Bangladesh.

When due diligence finds a problem

Finding a defect is the point of the exercise. The question is whether it can be cured, by whom and how fast. A wrong khatian entry goes to the Land Survey Tribunal or the Assistant Commissioner (Land). An unmutated inheritance is cured by mutation and, where needed, partition. A mortgage is cured by the lender's consent and release. A vested listing may need a writ. A pending suit may need the court's leave under section 52, a recorded compromise or a final decree.[1]

Where fraud is involved, the 2023 Act gives the victim criminal remedies: offences of land fraud and forgery are cognizable and non-bailable, and trial must be completed within 180 days of receipt of the case.[4] A forged deed in the chain is attacked by a civil suit to cancel it; see our guide to the deed cancellation suit in Bangladesh. Where someone has taken possession unlawfully, see our guide to land grabbing cases in Bangladesh.

A buyer who did the work also has some protection in law. Where an ostensible owner transfers with the consent of the persons interested, the transfer is not voidable for lack of authority if the buyer took reasonable care to check the transferor's power and acted in good faith.[1] That protection rewards the buyer who checked. TRW's land records, mutation and khatian correction practice and real estate disputes practice carry out title investigations and cure defects for buyers, lenders, NRBs and corporate investors.

Frequently asked questions

What does land due diligence in Bangladesh involve?

Tracing the title through registered deeds and the CS, SA, RS and latest survey khatians, checking the seller's mutation khatian, DCR and land development tax, searching the sub-registry and courts for encumbrances and cases, ruling out government claims and planning restrictions, and surveying the land on the ground against the mouza map.[1] [2]

How far back should the title chain go?

At least twenty-five years, which is the period the sale deed must describe under section 52A of the Registration Act. In practice, trace it back to a deed or succession that ties into a finally published survey record.[2]

Is a sale valid if the seller is not in the latest khatian?

No. Section 53C of the Transfer of Property Act makes the sale void unless the seller, or for inherited land the seller's predecessor, appears in the latest khatian.[1]

Which khatian carries the most weight?

The latest finally published record of rights. Entries in a record prepared or revised under section 144 of the State Acquisition and Tenancy Act are presumed correct until disproved, while the SA record carries no statutory presumption of correctness.[3] [7]

Can anyone search the sub-registry records?

Yes. Book 1 and its indexes are open to inspection by any person on payment of the fee, and copies of entries are given to any applicant.[2]

Can mortgaged land be bought?

Only with the mortgagee's written consent. A sale of land under a registered mortgage without that consent is void, so obtain the lender's consent and a registered release at completion.[1]

Are unpaid land development taxes my problem as buyer?

Yes. The demand attaches to the holding, is never time-barred, and after three unpaid years carries a 6.25 per cent annual penalty and may be recovered by certificate case. The seller also cannot lawfully transfer without proof of up-to-date tax.[4] [5]

Is it safe to buy from an attorney?

It can be, if the registered power covers this plot, sale and receipt of the price, the grantor is alive and has not revoked it, and a power made abroad was authenticated and stamped. Pay into the grantor's own account.[6]

How do I check whether land is under acquisition?

Ask the Deputy Commissioner's land acquisition branch whether the plot falls within any acquisition case, look for a published notice on or near the property, and check planned road, rail and economic zone alignments.[10]

Can I do land due diligence in Bangladesh entirely online?

No. Khatians, mouza maps, mutation status and tax can be checked online, but registered deeds, court cases, acquisition files and vested property lists still need separate searches, and the land must be surveyed in person.[8] [12]