Welcome to Foreign Policy ’s South Asia Brief. The highlights this week: Nepal’s new government takes office with a public mandate for reform, Bangladesh grapples with a drastic fuel shortage as the whole region suffers, and Pakistan steps up its mediation efforts in the Iran war. Nepal’s New Government Off to Quick Start Nepali Prime Minister Balendra Shah took office on Friday, and his government has a strong public mandate to act on its electoral promise to pursue governance reforms and curb