[6] The Hawa Bhaban was used to plot the 2004 Dhaka grenade attack in an attempt to kill Sheikh Hasina, former Prime Minister and chairperson of the Awami League.
[16] It became a well frequented building during the Bangladesh Nationalist Party rule and was used to Giasuddin Al Mamun to make money form business deals.
[19] Bangladesh Civil Service Officers from the 1973 batch who had been blacklisted for allegedly supporting the 1996 Janatar Mancha had to provide bribes to Harris Chowdhury for promotions or reinstatements.
[22][23] Mahbubey Alam, Attorney General of Bangladesh claimed FBI and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police had found evidence of this corruption which was denied by AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon, lawyer of Khaleda Zia.
[30] Brigadier General Rezzaqul Haider Chowdhury, Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, and Maulana Tajuddin, brother of Abdus Salam Pintu, attended the meetings at Hawa Bhaban.
[38] On 7 March 2007, joint forces during the Fakruddin Ahmed caretaker government arrested Tarique Rahman and raided Hawa Bhaban.
[39] Bangladesh Nationalist Party leaders close to Hawa Bhaban like Ashik Islam, Azizul Bari Helal, Barkat Ullah Bulu, and Zahir Uddin Swapan went into hiding or fled the country.
[40] Lutfozzaman Babar disclosed to the Task Force for Interrogation that Khaleda Zia got angry at a meeting in Hawa Bhaban where he and Mohammad Mosaddak Ali Falu suggested Tarique Rahman should flew the country.
[42] Mohammad Kamaruddin, a leader of the British Unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, wanted to buy the house as a gift for Khaleda Zia but the deal fell through after it was leaked to the media.
[43] R. A. Ghani, Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician, said Hawa Bhaban should have been better controlled but praised its date collection on constituencies and representatives.
[45] Chowdhury Tanbir Ahmed Siddiky, Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader, called for publishing a white paper on corruption in Hawa Bhaban.
[46] Mahfuz Anam, editor of The Daily Star, claimed Hawa Bhaban had destroyed the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government.
[50] Rapid Action Battalion detained one individual linked to Hawa Bhaban in 2018 and said they were financing violence centering the election in Bangladesh.