Based on a complaint made by a resident of Kinniya, Investigation Officers of the Commission arrested a Sub-Inspector attached to the Kinniya Police Station on 31 December, 2025. According to the complainant, the police had arrested two suspects in relation to the complaint he lodged regarding an assault on him, and the said SI had demanded a bribe of Rs. 10,000/- to arrest the other suspects and take legal action against them. The arrest was made inside the Kinniya Police Station for arranging to accept the bribe through an intermediary.

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This program was organized by the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs, under the leadership of the Secretary to the Ministry, Mr. Aruna Bandara, and attended by the Additional Secretaries of the Ministry, all Executive Officers, and other officers. The program was held at the Duncan White Auditorium of the Ministry on 4th and 21th November 2025.

In connection with an investigation being conducted by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery and Corruption, the former Chairman of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation, Dhammika Ranatunge, was arrested by the Investigation Officers of the Commission on 15 December 2025 for allegedly causing a loss of nearly Rs. 800 million to the Corporation by cancelling three long-term tenders intended to purchase fuel for the year 2017-2018 and executing spot tenders at higher prices during his tenure as the Chairman.

The Chairman of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC), Justice Neil Iddawela, delivered a concise and impactful lecture on the role and functions of CIABOC during the Capacity Building Programme organized for Members and staff of COPA and COPE on 21 November 2025.

On 12 November 2025, the Commission arrested former Minister of Tourism and Aviation Services, Prasanna Ranatunge, on suspicion of committing an offence punishable under Section 70 of the Bribery Act. In the year 2021, the Ministry of Tourism has obtained direct medical insurance coverage for employees of the institutions under the Ministry - namely, the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority, the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau, the Sri Lanka Institute of Hotel Management, and the Sri Lanka Convention Bureau- from the state-owned Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation, and, although it had been possible to obtain such insurance coverage directly from the Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation without the payment of any commission, the former Minister engaged the services of an insurance brokerage company, My Insurance Brokers, and caused the Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation to pay Rs. Rs. 4,750,828.72 to the brokerage company - a payment which ought not to have been made - thereby conferred an undue benefit on the said brokerage company and caused an equivalent loss to Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation.

Former General Manager of the Sri Lanka Railways, Sumathipala Mahanama Abeywickrama, and former Executive Director of the State Engineering Corporation, Sarathchandra Gunaratne Jayathilake, were arrested on November 3, 2025, at 9:15 a.m. and 10:15 a.m., respectively, by the Investigation Officers of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC). The arrests were made in connection with the following allegations: Sumathipala Mahanama Abeywickrama was arrested for conferring an undue benefit upon engine driver, I.L.K. Dissanayake, by altering the disciplinary order to dismiss him with immediate effect issued by the then General Manager, B.A.P. Ariyarathna, after finding him guilty in the disciplinary inquiry held on a charge sheet issued under sub-section one of Chapter XLVIII of the Establishments Code.