Bangladeshi student Md Golam Syed Rinku has been rescued after being trapped in a building in earthquake devastated Turkey.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed the development Tuesday night.

Hailing from Bogura, Rinku went to Turkey for study purpose. He got trapped in a building near Kahramanmaraş Sütçüimam University.

Besides, seven other Bangladeshi students have taken shelter in a university of Gaziantep city.

A major 7.8 magnitude earthquake followed by aftershocks devastated wide swaths of Turkey and Syria killing over 5,000 people till Tuesday evening.