Australia will play a three-day tour match in Fatullah from October 3 before Tests in the coastal city of Chittagong (October 9-13) and the capital Dhaka (October 17-21)
It will be just the third Test series between the two nations and the first since Australia's 2-0 victory in Bangladesh in 2006
The Australians will depart for Bangladesh on September 28 ahead of a three-day warm-up game in Fatullah from October 3 to 5.
That is followed by two Tests in Chittagong and Dhaka, Australia's first in Bangladesh since the 2006 tour on which Jason Gillespie famously made a double-century.
Australia's selectors confirmed that Mitchell Johnson and Josh Hazlewood had been rested from the tour given their heavy workloads over the past few months, with Mitchell Starc, Peter Siddle and Pat Cummins set to lead the pace attack. There were also recalls for Joe Burns, Usman Khawaja, Glenn Maxwell and spinner Steve O'Keefe, who made his Test debut in the UAE last year.
The retirements of Michael Clarke, Chris Rogers, Brad Haddin, Shane Watson and Ryan Harris on or after the recent Ashes tour forced Australia's selectors to look to the future with their squad for Bangladesh.
Thirty-year-old paceman Andrew Fekete and opening batsman Marcus Bancroft are newcomers named in Australia's new-look 15-man squad for the two-Test tour to Bangladesh.
2-Match Test Series in Bangladesh
First Test @ Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium,Chittagong - October 09-13,2015
Second Test @ Shere Bangla National Stadium,Dhaka - October 17-21,2015
Australia Test squad Steven Smith (capt), Adam Voges (vice-capt), Cameron Bancroft, Joe Burns, Patrick Cummins, Andrew Fekete, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Peter Nevill, Stephen O'Keefe, Peter Siddle, Mitchell Starc
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