Sri Lanka Prez sacks PM, replaces him with ex-Prez Rajapaksa
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Friday sacked Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and replaced him with former President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Sirisena sacked Wickremesinghe following months of tension between the two leaders that led to a political crisis. This came as Sirisena's United People's Freedom Alliance withdrew from the coalition government, the local media reported.