The building before 1947 was a residential house of Dhaka University and was once residence to physicist Satyendra Nath Bose.

[2] The first life member of the club was N. M. Khan who was chief secretary of the provincial government.

On 25 March Pakistan army started Operation Searchlight and shelled the club, the structure was completely destroyed.

[6] Farida Yasmin was re-elected president of the Jatiya Press Club and Shyamal Dutta was elected general secretary.

[7] On 12 August 2024, A section of Jatiya Press Club's managing committee revoked memberships of its president Farida Yasmin, general secretary Shyamal Dutta and managing committee member Shahnaj Siddiqui Soma.