Bangladesh's first homegrown video conferencing platform – Boithok is now available globally, according to a press handout. The press release claims it to be "Bangladesh government's own online video conferencing platform."

Bangladesh Computer Council's BGD e-GOV CIRT developed Boithok to reduce Zoom dependency and to 'protect' data from foreign apps.

For now, 200 people can connect together on the Boithok platform and have a virtual meeting for 24 hours. But for that they have to pay Taka 50 for every day. Subsciptions can be availed from https://vc.bcc.gov.bd/.

Boithok features

Boithok has unique features like 'Hajira Khata'– the Attendance Register, along with standard features like recording, white board, presentation screen sharing, social media streaming, waiting lobby etc. 

BGD BGD e-GOV CIRT claims that all meetings on Boithok are completely confidential and secured. 

Last year, the government also announced its intention to introduce home-grown alternatives to Facebook, WhatsApp and other digital platforms--a move that was not well received by most netizens.

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