Dhaka, Nov. 6 -- Foreign Advisor Touhid Hossain has dismissed the letter sent by the Awami League to the UN calling for the suspension of assistance for the national elections as "ineffective".

On Thursday, Touhid stressed that "no action" will result from such a letter as the election is an "internal matter" of Bangladesh.

On Saturday, the Awami League, whose activities are currently suspended, sent the letter to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) urging it to refrain from participating in an election in Bangladesh described as "not inclusive and not credible".

The letter, sent through former education minister Mohibul Hassan Chowdhoury Nowfel on behalf of the party, was addressed to Stefan Liller, the UNDP representative...