The Bangladeshi rescue team that was sent to the earthquake-hit Turkey, has saved a 17-year-old girl who was trapped under rubble.
They also pulled out three dead bodies so far, Senior Staff Officer (media cell) at Fire Service and Civil Defense headquarters Shahjahan Sikder said on Friday.
Bangladesh is also set to send humanitarian aid and medical supplies to the earthquake victims of Syria.
ISPRBangladesh Air Force C-130J aircraft would transport the aid via the Dhaka-Jordan-Syria route, the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.
Bangladesh Air Force Group Captain Jamil Uddin Ahmed will lead this mission. The relief aid would include tents, blankets, sweaters, dry food, and medicine.
The aircraft will leave Bangladesh for Syria on Friday night.
ISPRMeanwhile, a rescue team led by Bangladesh Army joined the post-earthquake rescue operations and assistance in Turkey on Friday.
Senior Staff Officer (media cell) at Fire Service and Civil Defense headquarters Shahjahan Sikder said the rescue team left by bus for Adiyaman city.
The expert team reached the quake-hit country by Air Force aircraft C-130 at 9:45pm Thursday Bangladesh time after a 24-hour journey.
ISPRThe team consists of a 24-member medium rescue team from the army, a 10-member medical team and 12 members from the fire service and civil defence. The rescue team is led by Bangladesh Army's Lt Col Md Ruhul Amin, PSC.
Cold, hunger and despair gripped hundreds of thousands of people left homeless after the earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria as the death toll passed 22,000 on Friday.
ISPRRescuers in Turkey and Syria dug with their bare hands have been hunting for survivors among the rubble of thousands of buildings felled in a series of violent earthquakes - already Turkey's deadliest since 1999 - that hit in the early hours of Monday.
