A Bangladeshi student named Md Golam Syed Rinku has been reported missing in the wake of the powerful earthquake that rocked Turkey and Syria early Monday.
Rinku is from Bogra, Mohammed Nore-Alam, consul general of Bangladesh in Istanbul, told UNB.
"Nur, one of the two missing students, was found. However, Rinku is still missing," he added.
Rinku's friends identified him as an undergraduate student but could not provide any more details.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Dhaka is in touch with the Embassy of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, Ankara.
"We are in touch with our mission," a spokesperson from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Seheli Sabrin, told UNB.
The death toll in Turkey and in neighbouring northwest Syria rose to more than 3,700.
Bangladeshi student in Turkey missing after earthquake
