According to Sport24, CA has sent its own security experts to Bangladesh to determine whether it is safe for the Australian team to go ahead with the planned tour.
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Carroll will hold a meeting with officials at the Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday, which will provide a clearer view of whether or not the Australian team will visit Bangladesh.
Australia are still keen for their tour of Bangladesh to go ahead and hope to have a better understanding of the security situation on Monday, Cricket Australia boss James Sutherland has said.
Sources from the Australian government identified a “potential security risk to Australia interests” in the country.
A three-day warm-up match is due to start in Fatullah on October 3, before the first Test in Chittagong on October 9.
“As the DFAT advisory update was issued only yesterday therefore CA wishes to gather more information before the arrival of the team which is understandable”.
Sutherland said he had been in contact with his Bangladesh counterpart and was also updating the worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) about the situation.
When asked if the BCB reckoned that the tour could go on as scheduled, Papon said, “I still don’t think there is any harm”.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) said the warning was only a “general indicator” for foreign travellers and there was no specific threat to the players. The security plan was extensively discussed by CA’s security manager Sean Carroll, who arrived in Bangladesh on Sunday, and the Bangladeshi intelligence agencies.
“There is reliable information to suggest that militants may be planning to target Australian interests in Bangladesh”.
Chowdhury is also confident that Australia will arrive soon and the series will get underway with minimum delay.
Howard said discussions had not yet reached the point where players had been offered the choice to tour or not, with CA preferring to wait until after the top-level security meetings.
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Sutherland added: “It’s a very important tour for both Australia and Bangladesh”.
