Burma's military has been accused of planting land mines in the path of Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in its western Rakhine state.

Three boats carrying ethnic Rohingya fleeing violence in Burma have capsized in Bangladesh and 26 bodies of women and children have been recovered, officials said.

Fifty people are missing after an overcrowded boat capsized off the Bangladesh coast.

Six fishermen drowned and about 200 others were missing after a powerful storm sank at least 20 trawlers off Bangladesh’s southern coast, officials and survivors said today.