Bangladeshi rescued alive after 37 hrs
A Bangladeshi student was rescued alive from the rubble of a building in Kahramanmaraş province of Turkey, 37 hours after a powerful earthquake rattled the country on Monday.
Talking to The Daily Star around 10:45pm yesterday, Md Rafiqul Islam, chargé d'affaires at Bangladesh Embassy in Ankara, said Golam Sayed Rinku was hospitalised in a critical condition after he was rescued.
In a Facebook post, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam confirmed the development, expressing his gratitude to Turkey for the rescue operation.
Hafizz Muhammad, a Bangladeshi living in Ankara, told the Daily Star it was a miracle that he was found alive as the building was completely destroyed. "His condition is critical," he added.
Golam Rasul, younger brother of Rinku, a student of the geography department at Kahramanmaraş Sütçüimam University, said, "We couldn't contact him yet. We have heard that he talked to others in Turkey. We are eagerly waiting to talk to him."
There are reportedly five Bangladeshi students, including Rinku, in Kahramanmaraş province in Turkey.
Mohammed Nore-Alam, consul general of Bangladesh Consulate General in Istanbul, informed this newspaper earlier on Monday that all of them except Rinku were safe.
He added that another Bangladeshi student, who was with Rinku in the building, could come out but Rinku couldn't.
According to the consul general, all the Bangladeshis in the Gaziantep province, which is near Kahramanmaraş, are also safe.
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