Law minister, Barrister Shafique Ahmed, and State Minister for Law Advocate, Quamrul Islam, expressed satisfaction over the verdict of fugitive al-Badr leaders Chowdhury Mueen Uddin and Ashrafuzzaman Khan.
Mueen and Ashraf were directly involved in intellectual and journo killings during 1971, they said in different statements.
After 1971, they fled from the country. The process of bringing them back to Bangladesh was continuing, said the ministers.
The Law minister said: The families of the martyrs have finally gotten justice, even though it is late.
He said the State Ministry and Foreign ministry will continue the process to bring them back and once they are back in Bangladesh, verdict will be implemented.
Earlier on the day, the war crimes tribunal sentenced Chowdhury Mueen Uddin and Ashrafuzzaman Khan to death for their involvement with the killing of 18 intellectuals between December 11 and 15, 1971.