One of the prominent personalities at the meeting was Nawab Khwaja Hasan Askari, a member of the Nawab family of Dhaka. In the meeting, an organization called Dhaka Samity was formed unanimously with Alhaj Abdul Majed Sardar as the convener. In 1970, the first temporary committee of Dhaka Samiti was formed with the late Sirajuddin Saheb as president, Wazed Miyaji as general secretary and Majed Sardar as treasurer. Due to unforeseen reasons, it became inactive again. On March 15, 1982, Alhaj Abdul Majed Sardar called a general meeting at Cafejheel Restaurant in Motijheel to revive the Dhaka Samiti. In 1983, the draft constitution of Dhaka Samiti was prepared and a committee was formed with the late Abu Nasir as president for the 1390 Bangla year. In 1984, Mahmudur Rahman Babu took charge as the secretary general. On October 5, 1988, the temporary president Nazir Hossain Nazir called a general meeting as the convener of the Dhaka Samiti Reorganization Committee.

Mr. Nazib Hossain Nazib was nominated as the President of the Reorganization Committee from 1st Baishakh of 1396 Bengali year. In October 1989, a temporary committee of 9 members was formed for two months with Nazib Hossain Nazir as the President through a general meeting under Article 17 (5) of the Constitution. In order to hold legal elections again, in December 1989, a temporary committee of 11 members was formed through a general meeting under the Constitution with the now defunct East Pakistan Election Commission Chief Mr. Habibur Rahman as the President. Then on 30th January 1990, the first election and the 3rd Constitutional General Meeting and the 3rd Constitutional Special General Meeting were held. From that day, the 1st Central Executive Committee was elected, former Secretary Borhanuddin Ahmed was elected as the President for 3 years from 1397-1399, and Hashem Sufi became the Secretary General. Then on 7th November 1993, the 1st Triennial General Meeting and 2nd Triennial Elections were held at the B, C, I, C Auditorium in Motijheel for the year 1400-1402 Bangla i.e. for 3 years. Professor Dr. Md. Shahjahan was elected as the President and Hashem Sufi was elected as the General Secretary (later relieved). Lion Md. Azim Bakhsh (acting) served as the Secretary General for the interim period.

In November 1997, the election of the third executive committee of the Dhaka Metropolitan Association was held. Mr. Alhaj Anwar Hossain and S.M. Nazimuddin was elected as the President and Secretary General respectively. At the same time, a full executive committee of 50 people was elected. The newly elected committee took charge of running the Dhaka Metropolitan Association (Dhaka Association) for three years from 1997-2000.

In 2001, the election of the 4th executive committee of the Dhaka Metropolitan Association was held. Sardar M.A. Quddus and S.M. Nazimuddin was elected as the president and secretary general respectively. At the same time, a full executive committee of fifty people was elected. The elected committee took over the responsibility of managing the Dhaka Metropolitan Association (Dhaka Association) for 3 years from 2001 to 2004.

In 2004, the 5th Central Executive Committee was elected for the term 2004-2007 with former National Constituent Assembly member M. Sirajul Islam as the President and M. Abu Horaira as the Secretary General. In 2007, the 6th Central Executive Committee was elected again for the term 2007-2009 with Alhaj M. Sirajul Islam as the President and Alhaj M. Abu Horaira as the General Secretary. In 2009, the 7th Central Executive Committee was elected for the term 2010-2011 with Mirza Abdul Khalek as the President and Alhaj Abu Motaleb as the General Secretary. The constitution of the Dhaka Metropolitan Association (Dhaka Association) was approved by the Department of Social Services, Government of Bangladesh, as per Memorandum No. SSEAD/(Dhaka District) Sha-3/2523/2011 dated: 18/12/11. In June 2012 The 8th Central Executive Council was elected for a two-year term from July 2012 to June 2014 with Mirza Abdul Khaliq as President and Alhaj Abu Motaleb as Secretary General.

In July 2014, Haji Md. Selim M.P. was elected as President and Abu Motaleb as Secretary General and the 9th Central Executive Council was elected for a two-year term from July 2014 to June 2016. In July 2017, Mirza Abdul Khaliq was elected as President and Sardar Faisal Bashar (Fuad) as Secretary General and the 10th Central Executive Council was elected for a two-year term from July 2017 to June 2019. In July 2019, Alhaj Md. Harun Or Rashid, former M.P., was elected as President and Sardar Faisal Bashar (Fuad) as Secretary General and the 11th Central Executive Council was elected for a two-year term from July 2019 to June 2021. In July 2024, Alhaj Md. Ismail Nawab was elected as President and Abu Motaleb was elected as the Secretary General of the 12th Central Executive Council for a two-year term from July 2024 to June 2026. Currently, this committee is serving its duties.

Dhaka Metropolitan Association (Dhaka Samity) was formed in 2018 to create awareness among the people about the history and heritage of Dhaka and to restore, preserve and develop its archaeological, historical, social and cultural heritage.