• Ranil Wickremesinghe, until recently Sri Lanka's prime minister, attends a press conference in Colombo on Saturday. Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena sacked Wickremesinghe and his Cabinet on Friday and in his place named Mahinda Rajapaksa, a former president, to the post. | AP
    Ranil Wickremesinghe, until recently Sri Lanka's prime minister, attends a press conference in Colombo on Saturday. Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena sacked Wickremesinghe and his Cabinet on Friday and in his place named Mahinda Rajapaksa, a former president, to the post. | AP

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COLOMBO – Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Saturday suspended parliament until Nov. 16, a day after removing Ranil Wickremesinghe as prime minister and replacing him with former leader Mahinda Rajapaksa in a surprise move that signals escalating political tensions in the South Asian nation.

“The president has prorogued the parliament,” Cabinet spokesman Rajitha Senaratne told reporters.

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