“We can call it a mutual separation. We are implementing it from now onwards and that means he is not available with us from the tour of Sri Lanka,” Nizamuddin Chowdhury, chief executive of the Bangladesh Cricket Board, told in a media briefing.

Rhodes was handed a two-year contract in July 2018, and was expected to occupy the position until the T20 World Cup, set to be held in October and November 2020.

The 55-year-old Rhodes, who represented England in 11 Tests and nine ODIs in the 90s, was sacked as director of cricket for Worcestershire in the wake of the Alex Hepburn rape trials in 2017. He was recommended for the Bangladesh role by Gary Kirsten in early 2018, and accepted the offer on June 7 last year.

The immediate termination means that Rhodes won’t join the side to Sri Lanka, for the three-match ODI series starting later this month.