The Department of Posts, functioning under the brand name Sri Lanka Post (Sinhala: තැපැල් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව, ශ්‍රී ලංකා Tæpæl Departhamenthuwa, Shri Lanka), is a government operated postal system in Sri Lanka. The postal headquarters is the General Post Office which is located in Colombo. The department itself comes under the purview of the Ministry Postal Services and Muslim Religious Affairs.