Football Federation Australia is waiting anxiously on advice from soccer's world governing body FIFA as to whether the Socceroos' World Cup qualifier against Bangladesh will be postponed or shifted amid heightened concerns about terrorism in the country.

FFA have asked soccer authorities to move the game - most probably to Dubai or the UAE - or make other arrangements for security and have been waiting for several weeks to hear whether they will agree to the request.

Tom Rogic of Australia controls the ball during the World Cup qualifier against Bangladesh in Perth last month. Credit:Getty Images

But with time running out before the match is due to be played - on November 17 in Dhaka, the Bangladeshi capital - concerns are mounting that the team and its management will be forced to play a game in circumstances that could make them terror targets.

Islamic State admitted responsibility for a bomb attack at the weekend which claimed the life of a 16-year-old boy, wounded many more and further lifted tension in the volatile country.