[6] Ekushey Television was accused by the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission of broadcasting illegally without a radio equipment license in 2012 and frequency was withheld.
[9][10] Ekushey Television was pulled off air in most areas of Bangladesh on 5 January 2015 after broadcasting a speech by BNP senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman.
[11][12][13] Salam was subsequently arrested on 6 January in a case filed under the Pornography Act, 2012, as the network allegedly aired a false report on a girl in one of their programs, Ekusher Chokh.
[19] In April, the Anti Corruption Commission filed a money laundering case against Salam, Chairman of ETV Ashraful Alam, and Senior Finance Manager Fazlur Rahman Shikder.
[21] On 25 November 2015, a media release issued by the network that day stated that S. Alam Group of Industries had acquired Ekushey, in an auction on 8 October.
[22][23][24] A former reporter of the channel, Kanak Sarwar, was also detained over the speech by the senior vice chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Tarique Rahman.