Dhaka, March 10 -- Bangladesh and countries in the Indo-Pacific region are set to receive $272.1 million in fresh funding from Canada through foreign aid projects, Canada's Minister of International Development Ahmed Hussen has announced.

The money, which will be spent alongside contributions from other foreign partners and donors, is set to finance 14 different projects in Bangladesh and other countries in the Indo-Pacific region, Canadian media outlet Global News reported on Monday.

"Canada continues to fiercely strengthen our long-lasting friendship with Bangladesh and the wider Indo-Pacific region with our long-standing people-to-people ties," Hussen said in a statement.

He also underlined Canada's aim of creating a "brighter tomor...