Bangladesh, July 3 -- Chief Whip Md Nurul Islam Moni has rebuffed suggestions that the government and the Opposition are engaged in a "friendly game" in the budget session of Bangladesh's 13th Parliament.

"There is no game here, no friendly game," he said. He made the remarks on Thursday during the question-and-answer session of a press conference at the LD Hall of the parliament building on the budget session.

A journalist referred to comments made the previous day by the Leader of the Opposition about the government and opposition moving forward together.

The journalist also noted that a ruling party lawmaker, during the budget debate, had compared the situation to a "friendly match" between football stars Lionel Messi and Cristiano...