The 2012 Bangladesh Premier League, also known as Destiny-Boishakhi BPL 2012 (for sponsorship reasons), was the inaugural season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) established by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). The competition featured six franchises and used a tournament format with a double round robin group stage followed by two semi-finals and a final. The season began on 9 February with the final played on 29 February. The competition was won by Dhaka Gladiators.

Matches were held in Dhaka and Chittagong. The six franchises represented Dhaka, Barisal, Chittagong, Khulna, Rajshahi and Sylhet divisions. The franchise auction was held on 10 January and the player auction took place on 18 and 19 January.

The President of Bangladesh Zillur Rahman launched the tournament during an opening ceremony held at the Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on 9 February 2012. The ceremony featured dancers, actors and singers and ended with fireworks and a laser lighting display.

A total of 33 matches, including the semi-finals and final, were held at two venues in Chittagong and Dhaka. The Bir Shreshtho Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Cricket Stadium in Chittagong hosted eight matches, with the majority of matches, including all playoff matches and the final, being held at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka.

Bangladeshi group Destiny and the Boishakhi TV channel were the title sponsors of the tournament, paying Tk. 7.50 crore to earn that right. Other sponsors included the Bangladesh Tourism Board, United Airways and Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd. Channel 9 was the main broadcaster for the tournament.^{[citation needed]} The management partner was Game On, an Indian sports company, which organised the logistics of the tournament.

Before the tournament started, Mashrafe Mortaza, one of Bangladesh's leading fast bowlers and the captain of Dhaka Gladiators, reported a spot-fixing approach by a fellow cricketer. The BPL was informed of the approach.

Players were supposed to be paid in instalments during the tournament, with 25% of each player's wages due before the start of the tournament, 50% during the tournament, and the remainder at the end. A series of financial irregularities meant that many overseas players only received the first 25% well after the tournament ended. Most eventually received their payments, although players from Pakistan were still awaiting theirs in April 2012.

Players were assigned to franchises at a player auction, held in Dhaka on 19 January 2012. Each franchise was allowed to sign 18 players, including up to eight non-Bangladeshi players. A maximum of five overseas players could have been played in each matches.^{[citation needed]}