[1][2] The former President of Newspaper Owners' Association of Bangladesh is businessman AK Azad, publisher of the daily New Age and chairman of Ha-Meem Group.

[5] In 2017, Newspaper Owners' Association of Bangladesh section 57 of Digital Security Act which it believed would encourage censorship of the press.

[9] The Association has campaigned against the import duty on newsprint and reduce the corporate tax from 35 percent.

[11][12] The association sought a government stimulus package following the coronavirus caused lock down in Bangladesh.

[13] The former President of Newspaper Owners' Association of Bangladesh is Matiur Rahman, editor of the daily Prothom Alo.