Bangladesh TV schedule for 7 November 2026 includes sports fixtures and prayer times

What happened

Bangladesh’s television schedule for Saturday 7 November 2026 lists a mix of sports events and the day’s Islamic prayer times. The programme includes the third day of the Sylhet test, a night of European club football featuring Real Madrid, PSG, Arsenal and Manchester City, a Bangladesh‑West Indies one‑day match, several national cricket league fixtures and a segment on the U‑19 Asia Cup and Bangladesh‑Sri Lanka game. The sports details come from Prothom Alo Prothom Alo.

The Islamic timetable for the day is provided by the Islamic Research Center Basundhara in Dhaka. Prayer times for Dhaka start with Zuhr at 11:45, Asr at 15:40, Maghrib at 17:19, Isha at 18:35 and the next day’s Fajr at 04:55. Sunset in Dhaka is at 17:19 and sunrise the following morning at 06:08. These times are reported by Bangladesh Pratidin Bangladesh Pratidin.

Regional adjustments are noted: in Chittagong prayer times are five minutes later than Dhaka, in Sylhet six minutes later, in Khulna three minutes later, in Rajshahi seven minutes later, in Rangpur eight minutes later and in Barisal one minute later. The adjustments are reported by Dhaka Post Dhaka Post.

The date is given as 21 Kartik 1432 in the Bengali calendar and 26 Jumada al‑Ula 1448 in the Hijri calendar by one source, while another source lists it as 22 Kartik 1433. The two versions conflict Dhaka PostBangladesh Pratidin.

A religious segment on the broadcast cites teachings that performing the five daily prayers correctly leads to forgiveness of sins and Paradise, that early arrival at the mosque brings angelic prayers, and that a hadith narrated by Abu Huraira emphasizes prayer as the first deed accounted for on the Day of Judgment. These points are reported by Dhaka Post Dhaka Post.

The details

The Sylhet test’s third day is scheduled for today, according to Prothom Alo. The European football lineup for the night includes Real Madrid, Paris Saint‑Germain, Arsenal and Manchester City. The one‑day series between Bangladesh and West Indies is listed as the second one‑day match. The national cricket league fixtures feature Sylhet versus Rajshahi, Mymensingh versus Barisal, Dhaka versus Khulna and Rangpur versus Chittagong. The U‑19 Asia Cup cricket and the Bangladesh‑Sri Lanka match are also on the slate.

Prayer timings for Dhaka are: Zuhr at 11:45, Asr at 15:40, Maghrib at 17:19, Isha at 18:35, with sunset at 17:19 and the next day’s Fajr at 04:55. The next day’s sunrise is at 06:08. Regional cities add the specified minutes to these base times.

Who is reporting what

Prothom Alo focuses on the sports schedule, listing cricket and football events. Dhaka Post provides the religious commentary and the detailed prayer‑time adjustments for each division. Bangladesh Pratidin supplies the official Dhaka prayer timetable and the sunset and sunrise times.

Context and impact

The combined broadcast offers viewers a single source for both entertainment and religious observance, reflecting the importance of aligning daily routines with prayer times across Bangladesh’s diverse regions while keeping the public informed about major sporting events.

What we do not know yet

The exact correspondence between the Gregorian date 7 November 2026 and the Bengali and Hijri calendars remains unresolved, with two differing conversions reported.