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VOLUME 01 | ISSUE 01 | JULY

ICEA

HISTORY OF GLOBAL PANDEMIC

JULY 2020

CONTENTS VOLUME 01 ISSUE 01 Inside this issue: FROM THE EDITOR

EDITORIAL BOARD

MESSAGES

Post COVID New World Workplace Health & the Complexities due to COVID-19

A Piece of Perspective During the COVID-19 24 Pandemic Can Energy Engineering be a Hope for the Post COVID-19?

COVID-19 Pandemic: A Blessing for

Environment Global Collaboration on COVID-19

Congratulation Graduate Engineer

Power Cable Monitoring & Maintenance: Minimizing Risk & Exposure to COVID-19

IOT for ALL

Application of LiDAR Technology

16 History of Global Pandemic and Post COVID-19 Situation Management Role of Engineers

Living Amongst the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Health Concern for Post COVID Patients

for Forest Mapping and Management Bushfires in Australia

Fire Safety

Business Continuity Plan (BCP) for Bangladesh Power Sector Against the Adverse Impact of COVID-19

Through the Eyes of a Teenage Dreamer

Sweatshops Workers in Post COVID-19

Experience from Arresting Methane Emission from Natural Gas of Distribution System

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News

Jamilur Reza Chowdhury-The Comet of Bangladesh Engineering

Lockdown Photo Gallery

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Nurturing Innovation in Engineering Project

Coronavirus Situation in Victoria

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FROM THE EDITOR Innovate ICEA INNOVATE ICEA is published by the INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR ENGINEERS, AUSTRALIA INC. Melbourne, VIC 3030, Australia ABN 72 434 624 543 ISSN 2652-6956 (Online) www.iceaus.org info@iceaus.org @info.icea CHIEF EDITOR: NUSRAT ISLAM nusrat@iceaus.org ADVISORY EDITOR: Khondkar A Saleque OVERSEAS EDITOR: Mollah M Amzad Hossain CONTRIBUTING EDITOR: Narottam Das EXECUTIVE EDITOR Mehedi Hasan R & A EDITOR Suchana Barua & Avik Sarker ASSISTANT EDITOR Bindu Arshia & Ziaun Nahar DIGITAL EDITOR: Samsul Karim, Masudur Rahman & Parves Raksand Kamal Disclaimer: ICEA, Editors and ICEA Committee Members are not responsible for any of the Contributor's Opinions, Statements, Information, Photographs and Writings. ICEA did not verify for accuracy any of the writerâ€™s submission in this publication. ICEA, Editors, ICEA Committee Members and the Writers, Photographers and all who are involved in this publication are not responsible in any way for the actions or results taken by any person, organisation or any party on basis of reading the information of this publication, as this magazine does not contain professional or legal advice or services. ICEA retains copyright for this publication. Written permission is required for the reproduction of any of its content.

Living Cleanly, Living Responsibly, Treating Nature Kindly Welcome to INNOVATE ICEA Magazine! INNOVATE ICEA is a publication of International Council For Engineers, Australia (ICEA). As I am writing this message on July 2020, coronavirus (COVID-19) has caused 646,641 deaths and 16,114,449 contaminations in many countries across the world. Australia has suffered 161 deaths and 14,935 contaminations. Australia is also experiencing the second wave of coronavirus from the end of June 2020. This edition is dedicated for COVID-19 which will give readers more inside into this pandemic. Living cleanly maintaining hygiene, living responsibly maintaining social/ physical distancing and treating mother nature kindly are the key lessons learned from coronavirus (COVID-19). Spreading faster than fairies and witches across all continents, health pandemic COVID-19 has avalanched the medical care systems beyond their capacities. The speed and ferocity of the COVID-19 contamination spread have caught the developed and developing economy alike. Poor and rich, old and young, male and female, none has been spared. Situation and circumstances differ from country to country, nation to nation in terms of climate, cultural heritage, demography, health care system and political stability. Many countries have to let lives and living proceeding simultaneously. Prolonged lockdowns would trigger economic meltdown for them. COVID-19 has already almost liquidated many top businesses. Many leading corporations are downsizing and restructuring. Many people are losing jobs. COVID-19 has already triggered poverty across many nations. No-one knows yet how long COVID-19 would continue its avalanche and when an approved and accepted vaccine will be available. Even no specific medicine has been approved yet. The keys are using a specific facemasks, PPEs, sanitizing hands too often, maintaining social distance and following the guidelines imposed by the Government. We hope good senses will prevail and world leaders will appreciate that nature is the only supreme sovereign authority to rule the universe. Nusrat Islam (Borsha) Nusrat Chief Editor and President, ICEA I acknowledge the Traditional Aboriginal Owners of Country throughout Victoria and pay my respect to Elders past, present and emerging and to the ongoing living culture of Aboriginal people.

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EDITORIAL BOARD Engr. Nusrat Islam is a Civil Engineer with over 12 years of experience in the industry, holding the qualification Bachelor and Master’s in Civil Engineering and Graduate Certificate for Professional Engineer. Since 2008 she has been working in different Victorian State Government Departments including VicRoads and Department of Transport. She is the Regional Advisory Council Member - Victorian Multicultural Commission (VMC), working on to reach out to Victorians across the state to find out what issues VMC needs to focus on to shape policy, legislation and to improve government and community services. She carries strong experience in community leadership and organization effectiveness. She was the first female President of Victorian Bangladeshi Community Foundation (VBCF) in 12 years. Nusrat owns a business and a director of a company, both are based in Australia. She is one of the founders of ICEA and also founder of a women’s group “Warrior Women”. Engr. Khondkar Abdus Saleque, FIEB, Peng is a Bangladeshi Australian has over 43 years hands on experience in planning, managing implementation, operation of energy, power and mining infrastructure in South Asia, South East Asia, Central Asia and Australia. He was former Director (Operation) Gas Transmission Company Limited, Petrobangla, Bangladesh. He also served as Advisor for Ministry of Mines and Petroleum Afghanistan. He is Contributing Editor of Energy& Power Magazine (www.ep-bd.com) and Chief Advisor of International Council of Engineers Australia. He represented Bangladesh in many regional and International Energy Conferences. He also played soccer and cricket at the highest level. He also acts as sports writer and analyst. Dr Narottam Das received PhD in Electrical Engineering from Yamagata University, Japan; M.Sc. Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh; B.Sc. Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Chittagong, Bangladesh. Dr. Das has about 3-decades experience as an academic and Industrial Engineer in Australia and overseas. Currently, he is working as a Senior Lecturer in Electrical Engineering at CQ University, Australia, Melbourne Campus, Victoria. Dr. Das is the author/co-author of over 150 peer-reviewed journals and international conference proceedings, including 8 book chapters and 4 edited books; Nano-structured Solar Cells, Advances in Optical Communication, Optical Communication, and Optical Communication Systems. Currently, he is a Guest Editor of MDPI Journal “Energies” Special Issue on “Nano-structured Solar Cells”. Dr. Das is a senior member of the IEEE PES and PHS, USA; Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Australia; CPEng, NER, and Life Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh. Engr. Mehedi Hasan, MIEAust, is an Electrical and Electronics Engineer and renewable energy consultant, having over 14 years of hands on experience in planning, designing, and construction supervision of many local and international projects. He completed his B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Khulna University of Engineering & Technology. He is an accredited grid-connected PV Designer of the Clean Energy Council. He is the owner of the “Generation Next Engineering”. He was former project coordinator and electrical engineer of SMEC Pty. Ltd and Project Manager of GRES Pty Ltd. He is one of the founders and the General Secretary of International Council For Engineers, Australia.

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MESSAGE

Kaushaliya Vaghela MP Kaushaliya Vaghela MP is the State Member of Parliament for the Western Metropolitan Region in Victoria. The Western Metropolitan Region comprises of the eleven Legislative Assembly districts of Altona, Essendon, Footscray, Kororoit, Niddrie, St Albans, Sunbury, Sydenham, Tarneit, Werribee and Williamstown. Kaushaliya has vast community experience, commitment and devotion for the Western Metropolitan Region and wishes to build a stronger community in the West for all.

Kaushaliya has had the privilege of working with many outstanding people and organisations throughout her career. Before being elected as a Member of Parliament, Kaushaliya was a Risk and Compliance Manager and prior to that as a scientist she has worked in a research and diagnostic laboratory. At every opportunity, Kaushaliya has advocated to bring better education, infrastructure and healthcare to the Western Metropolitan Region. In her inaugural speech in Parliament, Kaushaliya has stated that the Labor Party’s core values of compassion, justice, equality and progressive policies resonate with her and it is in accordance with these Labor values that she intends to represent not only the Western Metro Region, but of course, all of Victoria. Kaushaliya's office is open to anyone who needs her support. Message I congratulate International Council For Engineers, Australia for publishing their first edition, Engineering Magazine “Innovate” which is dedicated for COVID-19. The magazine will be a great resource for the community. I thank the International Council For Engineers, Australia for taking a proactive approach during this difficult pandemic period.

Kaushaliya Vaghela MP Member of Legislative Council for Western Metropolitan Region Suite 3, 1-13 Watton Street, Werribee, Victoria, 3030 - Australia Phone: (03) 8742 3226 Email: kaushaliya.vaghela@parliament.vic.gov.au Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KaushaliyaVaghelaMP/ Website: http://www.kaushaliyavaghela.com.au

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Sarah Connolly MP Ms. Sarah Connolly MP is a member of the Victorian Parliament representing the District of Tarneit in Melbourne’s outer western suburbs. The District of Tarneit includes the suburbs of North Laverton, Tarneit, Truganina, Williams Landing, parts of Hoppers Crossing, and Mount Cottrell. Ms. Connolly started off her career in the criminal justice system as a Judge’s Associate before spending over a decade working across Australia in the area of policy and regulation in the energy sector. She knows from this experience the importance of long-term infrastructure planning, and the negative effect poor planning can have families and the wider community. Ms. Connolly is a proud member of the Transport Workers Union and a passionate advocate for workers' rights. She is currently a Board Member of VicHealth and holds positions on the Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee and Economy and Infrastructure Committee. Message: I wish the International Council For Engineers the very best as their first magazine edition is published. I’m sure ‘Innovate’ will be a fantastic forum for the sharing of knowledge and ideas as visions for the future take shape.

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JOSH GILLIGAN MAYOR WYNDHAM CITY COUNCIL Chaffey Ward Councillor, Josh Gilligan, was elected to Council in 2016. Cr Josh Gilligan was elected Mayor for the 2019/20 term. He is Council’s Learning City Portfolio Holder, which covers community education, training youth participation and educational advocacy’s Gilligan is a serving board member of the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) representing six councils in Melbourne’s West; Wyndham Community Grants Program Evaluation Panel; and the Wyndham Youth Council. Cr Gilligan is also Council's delegated representative on the following internal and external advisory committees: • •

Municipal Emergency Management Planning Committee Roadsafe Westgate Community Road Safety Committee

MESSAGE: Best wishes to the International Council For Engineers, Australia on their first edition of the ‘Innovate’ magazine – a publication dedicated to exploring the impacts of COVID-19. This first edition will be a great resource for debate and discussion within the Wyndham community.

Josh Gilligan | Mayor & Chaffey Ward Councillor | Mayor’s Office, 45 Princes Hwy, Werribee VIC 3030

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Muhammed Aziz Khan Chairman, Summit Group Mr. Muhammed Aziz Khan is the founder of Summit Group, the largest infrastructure conglomerate in Bangladesh with investments in the power and energy sector, ports, shipping, hospitality and IT. The publicly listed companies founded by Mr. Khan are Summit Power Limited (SPL), Summit Alliance Ports Limited (SAPL) and Khulna Power Company Limited (KPCL) with a combined market capitalization of about Tk. 100 billion. Mr. Khan and his family are among 50 most richest people in Singapore according to Forbes. In 2018, Mitsubishi Corporation invested in Summit LNG Terminal Co Limited by acquiring a 25% share. Recently, Summit signed a MoU with JERA Asia in presence of Honorable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during the state visit for developing a large energy infrastructure in Matarbari. Mr. Khan is also the Honorary Consul General of Finland in Bangladesh, a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors, World Federation of Consuls (FICAC) and Bangladesh Institute of Capital Market. In addition, he is also the Chairman of Siraj Khaleda Trust, former President of the Bangladesh Association of Publicly Listed Companies (BAPLC) and founder President of Bangladesh Scouts Foundation.

Mr. Khan graduated with a Masters of Business Administration from the prestigious Institute of Business Administration (IBA), University of Dhaka, and a Bachelor of Arts from Jagannath College, Dhaka. He is married to Ms. Anjuman Aziz Khan and has three daughters, Ayesha, Adeeba and Azeeza and four grandchildren.

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“Congratulations, I sincerely applaud the printing and e format of this much needed publication “Innovate”. Thank you for this.

Innovation and engineering have become and in my view been the foundation of evolving civilizations. Innovation such as artificial intelligence, internet of things, bitcoin, Google, Facebook has created a new civilization. Your good magazine will certainly encourage all of us to be more innovative, more digital and our young and old alike to learn about and on computers. We are at the doorstep of a sea change with COVID resetting the world order, priorities and economy. I am sure your new magazine will guide us to be the change makers in this new world. Thank you and congratulations once again.

(Muhammed Aziz Khan)

Chairman, Summit Group

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We have noted with deep appreciation that International Council of Engineers, Australia (ICEA) has organized many live teleconferences connecting with technical resources across all continents. We also congratulate you for your dedication to your first issue to COVID-19 and its Impact management. IEB would collaborate with ICEA in all aspects for further developing engineering knowledge and skills through sharing experiences.

I would like to extend my thanks and appreciation to the “International Council for Engineers, Australia (ICEA)” and its team for your effort to publish an international standard Magazine “Innovate”. I appreciate the concept of ICEA to share global innovative ideas to make it a reality. Engineers are without borders, their works are for the whole world. Engineers are good at planning. By sharing knowledge, around the globe, engineers can build a better world.

We also thank you very much for your weekly live International teleconference where many reputed experts attend from different countries and share their knowledge to overcome the COVID 19 situation which attracts the global viewers. I am optimistic that “the innovate” magazine will attract global readers. Especially Engineers will be benefited from this first fascinating issue which I found very special.

"International Council for Engineers, Australia (ICEA)" a registered organization in Australia, is going to publish an International Standard Magazine "Innovate" which will focus on COVID management and so many innovative ideas. I wish the initiative of ICEA for publishing an International Standard Magazine a grand success.

After COVID-19 pandemic, The Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) arranged telemedicine services to the engineers by the Doctors. Most of the Doctors are family members of the engineers. Telemedicine service is still continuing. We are glad to inform you that in this COVID-19 situation IEB is also helping needy people with financial support. IEB would collaborate with ICEA in all aspects of further developing engineering knowledge and skill through sharing experience. Wishing ICEA and its FIRST Magazine every success.

Engr. Md. Abdus Sabur President The Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB)

Engr. Khandker Manjur Morshed Honorary General Secretary

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International Council for Engineers, Australia (ICEA) Inc. is a not for profit organization for Engineers who are currently living and working in Australia. The aim of the organization is to share knowledge around the globe and to achieve sustainable engineering solutions. Our slogan is "A better world through an engineering approach" and the mission is to address complex societal and technical challenges by enabling, promoting and advancing engineering and technical approaches. The organization's goals are focused on the creation and dissemination of engineering information, promoting international collaboration and the profession of engineering.

One of the primary objectives of ICEA is to get connected with various practicing professionals so that we share and experience erudition, consciousness, enlightens as well as all sorts of educational measures in this pandemic era. The vision of ICEA is to assist the government policymakers of different countries in short, medium, and long-term planning for intercepting, confronting, absorbing, managing all-encompassing impacts of COVID-19 pandemic and other calamities. ICEA recognizes that world order would completely change in post COVID-19. World is going to depend more on technology in the coming days. Hence the introduction of state-of-the-art modern technologies like Robotics, Drone, Artificial Intelligence, Data Bank, Blockchain, Nano Technology, Cyber Security, Smart Grid, Smart Technology is going to be essential by the look of it.

The ICEA's vision is to acquire knowledge about all those automation and mechanization from relevant experts of various countries. The knowledge and experience will be disseminated through ICEA publication. ICEA will also organize periodic workshops, seminars, and training programs for intending professionals from power, gas, mining, IT, road, rail and infrastructure development companies/individuals.

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Josh Gilligan, Mayor, Wyndham City Council, Australia Engr. Shafiqur Rahman Bhuiyan, Honorary Consul of Bangladesh in Newzeland

Dr. Sezan Mahmud, Florida, USA Dr. Mohammad Ali MANIK, USA Engr. SK Amzad Hossain, New York, USA

Saber Hossain Chowdhury, MP, Former Minister, Bangladesh

Dr. Trishna Mahmud, Florida, USA and

Muhammad Aziz Khan, Chairman, Summit Group

Dr. Firoz Alam, Professor RMIT, Australia

Dr. Ahsan H. Mansur, Chairman, BRAC Bank, Bangladesh Dr. M. Tamim, Pro VC, BRAC University, Bangladesh Engr. Abdus Sabur, President, IEB Engr. Khandker Manjur Morshed, HGS, IEB Engr. Mohammed Hossain, Director General, Power cell, Bangladesh Engr. Mozammel Babu, Editor-in-chief, Ekattor TV Quazi Enayetullah, President, World Bangladesh Organisation Dr Kaium Uz-Zaman Mollah, CEO, GREENTECH Engineering Solution Dr Kabir Patoary, Technical Director-Structures & Bridge, GHD

Dr Sumaiya Islam Shoma, USA Dr. Nawshad Haque, Sr. Scientist, CSIRO, Australia Dr. Ahmed Sharif, Family Physician, Australia Sahinur Alom Jony, Director, Ericson, Ireland, Ireland

Najmoon Noor, Aviation Specialist, USA Ehtesham Kabir, Former Teacher at KUET, Asset EngineerCity of Kingston Engr. Zikrul Hassan, Superintendent Engineer, RHD, Bangladesh

Syed Haq, Family Physician, Canada Forhad Tito, Journalist, Canada Dr. Shuddha Rafique, Sr. Lecturer, Deaken University Hafizuddin Ahmed, Former Minister, Bangladesh Zahangir Alom, CEO, Bridging West, Australia Dr. Forhad Ali Khan, Vice President, WBO

Ghulam Mohammed Alomgir, Chairman, MAX Group

Rana Taslim Uddin, Vice President, WBO

Dr. Abdullah Al Mamoon, NER APEC Engineer, Ministry of Qatar

M. Wali Rahman, Founder Chairman, Human for Humanity Foundation

Dr. Maung Kyaw Sein, Professor, Information Technology, Norway Dr. Quamrul Alam, Prof CQU Melbourne, Australia Dr. Nafis Ahmed, Former Deputy Dean, New Castle University Engr. Abu Reza Khan, Managing Director, Summit Assets Limited Golam Kibria Talukdar, Software Engineer, Molrganstanley, Canada

Dr. Abul Hasnat Milton, Public Health Specialist, Australia

Asma Jahan Huque, Managing Director, PSL

Dr. Md. Niatuzzaman, Civil Surgeon, Comilla, Bangladesh Roquibul Islam, Former Captain, Bangladesh Cricket Aminul Islam Bulbul, Manager, Cricket Development (Asia) , ICC Mohammad Ashraful, Former Captain, Bangladesh Cricket Team (Resource persons are those people who attended in ICEAâ€™s TECH TALK live sessions during April till June and also whom attended in the initial meeting organized by ICEA, to discuss about COVID-19 pandemic)

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Post COVID-19 New World Khondkar A. Saleque (OPEC) and Gulf Cooperation

Council (GCC) countries. Developing and underdeveloped countries may be the worst sufferers as the health system must have been almost completely crippled. The economic recession of GCC countries has already caused huge job cuts of expatriate countries mostly from developing communities. If pandemic continues for a while huge food shortage, even famine can not be ruled out. Consequently, all these may lead to a change of government, toppling down of empires. However, among all these, significantly reduced uses of fossil fuels for depleted demand has a visible positive impact on the t is now a revealing reality that have to live with COVID-19 environment. The air is cleaner, the the world will never be the same unfortunately. Economic recovery water is free of contamination, birds again after COVID-19 global and pandemic management will are making merry, flowers are pandemic is contained and proceed side by side. Human growing better, wild animals and overcome. International Monetary behaviour, day to day activities aquatics are enjoying. World leaders Fund (IMF) and International Energy would change in the new world. The would now better realise why all Agency (IEA) and other international overarching all-round impacts of must now work together to realise COVID-19 health pandemics on agencies in their forecasts have less than 2 degree C (if possible, less indicated major changes in the world the Economy, Energy, Trade and than 1.5 degree C) global warming Commerce, Civil Aviation & order in post COVID. by the end of the millennium to save Tourism, Education and Skill In the severity of avalanche, this mother earth for irreversible COVID-19 has already surpassed all Development, Science and damage. other health pandemics over the past Technology is indicating that The lessons learned from world order will completely change 100 years after the Spanish flu. Many COVID-19 must encourage world when the pandemic is over. have started considering its telling leaders in working together for a The nature and character of the decarbonized economy. impacts as similar to what happened as a consequence of the second world coronavirus are not yet accurately Investing more on research diagnosed, no vaccine has been war. COVID-19 has spread over 213 and development of renewable countries across all continents except approved, no direct medicine has energy, contributing more to the Antarctica with lightning speed and also been approved universally. Green Climate Fund (GCF) for Some countries applying a wellis still rocking. The balance of assisting developing countries in researched model and strict economic powers may shift, many reducing emissions. reigning world leaders may have to quarantining and lockdown have Qatarâ€™s real GDP is projected successfully tide over, many quit, some major international to slip to -4.3 percent in 2020, companies may be liquidated, many countries including leading Omanâ€™s is projected to fall to -2.8 economies of the world are still developing countries may become percent compared to 0.5 percent poor again. No one can predict when grappling with the avalanche of the last year. Kuwait is relatively better this pandemic will be contained and pandemic. Grounding of airlines, off in terms of growth outlook in severe restrictions on the road, overcome but surely the combined the GCC with a projected growth of railway, riverine transportation have -1.1 percent compared to 0.7 endeavours of different countries adversely impacted on economy would lead to the discovery of percent in 2019. threatening major global recession. vaccine and agreed decision of the The oil market crash is indicating the right medicine for combatting negative growth of the Organization COVID-19 would be achieved. Till such time world community will of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

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Sweatshops workers in Post COVID-19

Mrs. Imtiaj Ara Momtaja, and Dr M. Nur-E-Alam

n relation to the export and income, garment sector plays an important role in Bangladesh to build an economical foundation. Bangladeshi garments products are exported all over the world and it becomes possible for those workers (most of them are female workers) who provide the appropriate and cheap labour. They are the real architect and continuously taking part to build up the national economy. Despite they have various issues in their everyday life, including especially the female workers' societal status, living standards, health, socio-economic condition, and workplace safety, they work hard not only to lead their lives but also to help garments industries running appropriately for owner’s income. Even the work safety becomes a big concern not only for Bangladesh but also for the first world countries fashion industries due to several big accidents that happened in previous years which caused a huge loss of lives, could not stop their fight to help to build the country’s economy. The outbreak of the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) has overturned not only human life but also the global economy drastically. This COVID-19 outbreak affects all kinds of industries all over the world. Bangladesh's ready-made garments sector is also affected severely during this COVID-19 pandemic crisis due to not have enough orders from foreign buyers and suppliers. As the factory owners are not getting any demand from the buyers, they are struggling to run their business and,

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. in some cases, they had to close the factories which forced to make huge job cuts in the garments sector. A huge number of living from hand to mouth sweatshop workers are out of work and struggling to lead their family and social life during this COVID-19 pandemic situation. Though there are some readymade garments (RMG) factories are continued their production cycle but due to health safety and regulations, they had to reduce the number of workers by pushing a portion of hard workers to be jobless. Since the last couple of critical months that the world has passed, it is now very well-foreseen that the post COVID world will not be the same as before. There will be a number of challenges need to be overcome to reform a new world. It is considered that the global economy may take the next 3~4 years to overcome the COVID effects, even may need a decade. This long-time recovery transition period will also affect the Bangladeshi industries and factories to come up with their fullfront business trend. Already, it is reported that even the stores are reopened, orders from suppliers in Bangladesh may not increase, as many retailers and brands are planning to sell all-season basics and leftovers from previous collections. Time demands to look up these sweatshop workers for our strong economy. There is a demand already raised by the garment’s worker association in Bangladesh which will help those low-income and jobless sweatshop workers by creating a small fund, with contributions from factory owners, buyers, and the government, to assist garment workers who are struggling to survive amidst the ongoing crisis.

The factory owners, foreign partners, and the government should pay more attention to make their life easy and safe for a better future of this RMG sector. The owner needs to run their factories even longer times daily to gain COVID-19 period losses. So, there are several attempts that can also be implemented by the government and the factory owner to help those workers who are currently out from works. One idea is to make two or more workers groups and offer them by rotation work shifts. In this way, it is possible to run any industry or factory for 24 hours and seven days. Another idea is the work share, the factory management can arrange by the fair and justifiable agreement with those jobless workers to share one post by workload and time, which will help all jobless workers at least to be in the flow. The third idea is some garments work requires handwork which can be done even at home, so those small had works can be distributed to some jobless workers to bring them back into the line of economy rebuilders. All those big factories and also those who are not capable run in full fluency should consider all the suggestions and comments that are already raised by the researches, business entrepreneur, government, and other authorities who are directly involved with this sector.

“A sweatshop is a workplace with very poor, socially unacceptable or illegal working conditions” (source: Wikipedia)

The authors currently live in Perth, WA, Australia.

Ex-Sub Editor, Sabuj Sylhet, Bangladesh, and b Edith Cowan University, WA, Australia

E-mail:sarwar840@yahoo.com

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City of Face Masks, Melbourne, End of July

Federation Square, Melbourne Swanston St in Peak Hour, Melbourne

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Southern Cross Railway Station, Melbourne

Melbourne Tram in Peak hours

Inside Metro Train, 4pm, Melbourne

Melbourne CBD April 2020 PHOTO CREDIT : MAMUN AL BADRUDDOZZA POLASH

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Sarah Connolly, State MP for Tarneit is working remotely. Follow her Facebook & Website for regular updates about COVID-19

Heaths Road, Hoppers Crossing

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Westgate Freeway during Melbourne Lockdown

14 Days Hotel Quarantine for Australian who arrived Melbourne from overseas and the Quarantine time food.

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Inside special flight during COVID-19 PC : Tamanna Toma COVID-19 Testing Station at Sunshine, Victoria

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Follow Mayor Josh Gilligan’s Facebook & Website for regular updates about Wyndham City Council and COVID-19

Coronavirus Cases in Victoria Ziaun Nahar Victorians woke up in the morning of 26th July 2020 to face the grimmest news till the date which made it the deadliest day since the pandemic began in the state. Overnight, 459 new cases were recorded with ten new deaths. During the last weeks of 2019, the outbreak of a new type of disease in the distant land of China was not that much of a worry to most of the Victorians, though it was only a matter of time before it came to Australia. We lived in one of the most livable cities in the world and we had all the plans ready to respond to and manage a possible pandemic anyway. We were very wrong in our assumption. The first coronavirus case in Victoria was identified on 25 th January 2020; a man had returned from corona-affected Wuhan and was tested positive. Soon it became a health emergency. The first Stage 3 restrictions was imposed in Victoria on 30th March 2020 when the total number of coronavirus cases rose to 821 in an attempt to flatten the curve. People were repeatedly urged to follow the social distancing, hygiene and handwashing rules. Breaking the lockdown rules were discouraged by the imposition of heavy fines. Victorian schools moved to remote learning from the beginning of Term 2 which was April 15, 2020. All these steps seemed to result in a better situation. From 17th May 2020 to 23rd May 2020, the total number of new cases remained under 10 with only one exception of 12 new cases on 22 nd May 2020. Hence came the declaration of easing the Stage 3 restrictions. From 11:59 PM on Monday 25th May, public playgrounds, outdoor gyms and skateparks were open subject to public gathering limit of 10 people. Further easing of the restrictions were set to start from 11:59 PM on Sunday 31 May 2020. Victorian students resumed face to face learning from 26th May 2020. But we failed to stop the spread. Soon, the number of new cases continued to grow day by day. Clusters were found in meat factories, schools, high density residential apartments indicating a high volume of community transmissions. In a bid to control the rapid spread, Metropolitan Melbourne went into lockdown for the second round, this time along with Mitchell Shire, from 8 th July 2020. Students returned to remote learning from 20th July 2020 again. We couldn’t but ask ourselves if we had done everything right. Despite all the plans and restrictions, why couldn’t we stop the spread? Govt. analysis showed that 9 out of 10 people were not self-isolating when they had COVID-19 symptoms before having the diagnosis results. People were also showing restriction fatigue. Another reason was that due to a high number of community transmission, contact tracing became a huge task. More cases with unknown origin also made it unmanageable. Hence, we had continued spike of new cases every day. Only obeying the lockdown restrictions could flatten the curve which we all were eagerly waiting for. In the words of Daniel Andrews, “I think each of us know that we’ve got no choice but to take these very, very difficult steps.” The Author: Formal English Teacher, Accounting Professional in Australia

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Coronavirus Statics in Australia Source: https://www.health.gov.au

Kaushaliya Vaghela MP

â€œAlways She keeps the community informed and motivatedâ€?

Follow her Facebook & Website for regular updates about COVID-19

Useful Resources (in Victoria) to know about COVID-19 PANDEMIC https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019 https://www.health.gov.au/news/health-alerts/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-health-alert https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/victorian-public-coronavirus-disease-covid-19 https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/covid-19-information-workplaces Www.iceaus.org

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