Dhaka, Aug. 25 -- Bangladesh needs to internationalise the Rohingya issue in a stronger way within the United Nations and outside of it as two consecutive attempts to repatriate Rohingyas turned futile amid Myanmar's mockery, says an international affairs analyst.

"It's clearly understandable that it's a farce. They (Myanmar) aren't serious at all. We need internationalisation of the issue in a stronger way," Prof Imtiaz Ahmed of Dhaka University's (DU) International Relations department told UNB as the crisis steps into the third year.

Despite all the preparations, no Rohingya turned up on Thursday to avail of the "voluntary" repatriation offer given to them to go back to their place of origin in Rakhine State of Myanmar prompting the ...