The Supreme Court rejected appeals of five men convicted of killing Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, in a landmark verdict Thursday.
The five killers will go to the gallows, unless the president grants them clemency.
The condemned men were not present in the courtroom when the Justice Mohammed Tofazzal Islam gave the historic judgement.
The five convicts are Syed Faruk Rahman, Mohiuddin Ahmed, Bazlul Huda, AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed and Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan. They, however, can seek to have the verdict reviewed by the Appellate Division.
The long-awaited judgment has cleared the way for hanging of all 12 former army officers convicted of 1975 assassination, seven of whom are fugitives.
