Dhaka, Oct. 17 -- The European Union wants to resume talks with Bangladesh on finalising labour rights roadmap as it plans to shape up the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) regulations by the end of next month.

The roadmap is a key requirement for Bangladesh to maintain exports to the 27-nation economic group, officials said.

The EU has recently sent a note to the ministries concerned regarding the proposed roadmap for addressing the labour issues, the work on which has been on hold since March, 2020 due to Covid-19 pandemic.

The note stated the EU's proposal for a new GSP regulation will take shape by the end of November.

"The need to finalise the roadmap and put the labour rights reform on a time-bound path appears to be more ...