Australia have withdrawn from the Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Bangladesh due to security concerns.
National governing body Cricket Australia postponed a Test series between its senior men's side and Bangladesh in October for safety reasons.
And the same issues have now prompted the organisation to pull out of the International Cricket Council event, which is due to start on January 27.
"For some time we have been working closely with ICC security advisors and monitoring the security situation in Bangladesh and have been keeping our players, officials and the players' parents as up to date as possible," CA chief executive James Sutherland said in a statement.
"Regrettably, the advice from our Government suggests that the security threat to Australians travelling to Bangladesh remains as high now as it was when we postponed the Test team's tour of that country late last year.
"Included in that is reliable information suggesting there is a high threat to Australian interests in Bangladesh … with all of the information and advice we have received, we feel we had no alternative other than to make this difficult decision."
The Under-19 side will travel to the United Arab Emirates next week to contest matches against Pakistan and New Zealand.