The cabinet of ministers had approved the plan to borrow money through Treasury guarantees.
Sri Lanka's Road Development Authority had earlier borrowed up to 500 million US dollars from domestic banks.
But much larger volumes have been borrowed from banks by loss making energy enterprises in the past two years.
In recent months, bank interest rates have been sharply higher than Treasury bill yields.
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